[olug] im logging

[Luke -Jr]

On Saturday 01 March 2008, Kelly Williams wrote:
> what program is the best for logging msn chats. i have been asked to
> research this for a friend for his kids.

I'd recommend setting up a private, standards-compliant IM server that logs 
all conversations and force them to only use that.

If he annoyingly insists on MSN, however, I have had success with this:
	tcpdump -s0 -w - port 1863 |
	 strings |
	 while read line
	do
		if grep -q X-MMS-IM-Format: <<<"$line"
		then
			read chat
			echo "$chat"
		fi
	done