[olug] im logging

[Jay Swackhamer]

You could have them use 'Pidgin'(gaim) and turn logging on.

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Quoting Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org>:

> 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
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