Developed entirely from the ground up as an OS/2 native application

About Mr. Message for OS/2

Mr. Message for OS/2 is an instant messenger client which is capable of communicating over AOL's Instant Messenger network using the OSCAR protocol (used in the Win32 AIM clients, jBuddy, Pidgin, Kopete, ICQ, and a variety of other clients).  It is a native OS/2 application, built from the ground up by Marty Amodeo using OpenWatcom 1.5.

The most recent release is from February 24, 2008.  See the News page for more details.

Currently Supported Features

• Sound clips tied to IM events (any audio format supported by OS/2 can be used)
• Independent volume control for audio clips played by this application (distinct from the global system volume control)
• Individual settings for each IM session
• Simultaneous multiple logins for multiple AOL screen names
• Buddy List retrieval from AOL servers
• Send and receive plain text messages
• Buddy List icons based on user status
• Buddy List filtering based on user status
• Fly-over status containing buddy information on Buddy List
• Automatic retrieval of user profiles and away messages
• Drag-n-drop font and color support to customize most windows
• Idle time detection and reporting
• Ability to assign your own aliases for user screen names
• Ability to add and remove buddies on the local buddy list
• Secure MD5 encrypted login
• User profile support
• Away message support
• Automatic login of one or more sessions on startup
• Understands typing notifications sent out by other clients
• Optionally sends notifications to your buddies when you are typing
• Can automatically re-connect when you are disconnected from the server
• REXX scripting integration
• Support for offline messages in ICQ

Planned Features

• File transfer support
• Chat room support
• Buddy Icon support
• Buddy list management support
• Support for 16 and 32-bit TCP/IP stacks
• CMD shell scripts tied to IM events
• Named pipe sending and receiving of IMs
• Volume control for sound events
• URL highlighting and ability to launch web browser from received IMs
• Ability to log and review IM conversations automatically
• Ability to select which audio devices to use (if you have more than one sound chipset/card)
• AIM offline message retrieval

System Requirements

• Warp 3, Warp 4, Warp 4.51, Warp 4.52, eCS 1.0 or later
• 16-bit or 32-bit TCP/IP stack
  

Contact

If you have any questions about Mr. Message or this web page, contact net@comcast.martyamodeo (reverse the parts of this e-mail address).