Re: Problem signing on to AIM with Net::AOLIM

Rick Sanders wrote:
I am having trouble getting my script to sign onto to the AOL Instant Messenger server. Using the example in the Net::AOLIM script I get $IM_ERR =6 ("login timeout"). I am able to telnet to the AOL login server port (login.oscar.aol.com port 5198) and it responds so it's not a firewall problem. I have tried this from both Windows XP and Solaris with the same results.

Here is the code I am using. I would be grateful if someone could point out what I am doing wrong. Thanks.

-Rick

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use Net::AOLIM;
use Strict;


Post real code.


    $user = 'my name';
    $pass  = 'my password';
    $aim = Net::AOLIM->new(
              'username'      => $user,
              'password'      => $pass,
              'login_timeout' => 5,
          'callback'      => \&handler
    );
    $aim->signon;


Check if this failed, before setting error.
unless ( $aim->signon )
{

    $error = $Net::AOLIM::ERROR_MSGS{$IM_ERR};
    print "signon status $error\n";
}
exit; 
Not needed.


sub handler {

   print STDOUT "This is the handler\n";
   exit;
}

Maybe you need to set the server? Never used it, however a quick read through the documentation shows the default server as:

    'server' => servername (default toc.oscar.aol.com)

That server and the 'login.oscar.aol.com', you refer to, are two different IPs.
.

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