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you have to use perl? I'll post some resources lata... but from my investigation, this is true.

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This thread captures the classic questions people had when building AIM/IRC bots — language choice, available resources, and common use cases. Important historical context: AOL shut down AIM on December 15, 2017, so anything that relied on the old AIM service no longer works. The core lessons in the posts (protocol handling, message parsing, scheduling, and security) remain useful today for modern platforms that offer official bot APIs.

A practical, platform-agnostic workflow:

  1. pick a target platform with an official bot API (Discord, Slack, Telegram, Matrix, IRC, etc.);
  2. provision a dedicated bot identity/app and get token-based credentials;
  3. choose a language and a maintained client library that supports reconnects and rate limits;
  4. design simple command parsing, authentication for admin commands, and scheduled jobs for things like weather or calendar notifications;
  5. run the bot on a reliable host with process supervision and logging; add monitoring and graceful restart logic.

Security, policy, and operational cautions tied to posts in this thread:

  • ’s Hotmail mass-reply idea looks like mass automation and can violate service terms and anti-spam laws — avoid it.
  • ’s warning about downloaded bots is valid: prebuilt binaries from unknown sources often contain malware. Build or audit code where possible.
  • ’s remote-admin idea is powerful but risky: remote-control features must use strong authentication, least privilege, encrypted channels, and careful logging.
  • Never store plaintext credentials in code; prefer environment variables, OS keychains, or a secrets vault.

Practical checklist

  • use a dedicated, minimal-permission bot account
  • prefer OAuth/tokens over username/password
  • implement rate limiting and exponential backoff
  • log actions and errors to a persistent store
  • test in staging before production
  • follow the target service terms to avoid bans or legal issues

The thread’s historical notes are useful, but for new projects pick an active platform with a maintained API and follow the checklist above.

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Member Avatar for Dani

So ya wanna create an AIM Bot?

Try there! If you want a more detailed explanation of the site: (that's how I found out about it!)

Member Avatar for Eico

I actually made a perl robot myself. I have it running on one of my linux boxes and it uses the Net::AIM and Chatbot::Eliza. You can IM it at devstarbot :) I think that aim bots can be used for more than just chatting. I want to implement some kind of remote administration through it, now that would be neat.

Member Avatar for i686-linux

I actually made a perl robot myself.

And by "myself" he means with my help. ;-)

Member Avatar for Eico

well, it was a joint effort, i'm not going to overcredit myself, buddy.

Member Avatar for TheOgre

I remember the days of running eggdrops on irc... Somewhere I still have some of my old scripts, but unless everyone's on irc, they don't do much good :/

Member Avatar for Eico

i had eggdrop running on my first linux box. it was so neat it just sat in a chan in where i downloaded roms :) i thought i was all cool and stuff. untill i stopped using irc.... heh

Member Avatar for qwertq

hi, i am trying to make a bot myself. i was hoping to do this in php - but i see you used perl. i do not want an ai bot, i simply want to send a message to my aim name everytime something happens on a site. could you help me out at all?

Member Avatar for Ebot

Ive created some nice flash interfaces for AILm, which I sell on my site. The ebot basic costs $10. This is an Anime girl that you can use on your site. However, if you want access to the back end It costs $95. I have created skins for Marilyn Monroe, Frankenstein, a few dolly birds, a waiter cartoon . the site is

Go to if you want to talk and buy a Marilyn chatbot. Hope this helps

Member Avatar for Lots-A-Bots

You can get free AIM Bots and IRC Bots at .

Member Avatar for eltommyo

I want to create a simple aim bot that gives me my schedule and the weather. does anybody kow of any programs, websites or anything to do that? And how do you get Net :: AIM? :?:

Member Avatar for petercoti

i want to create a bot too but 1 that is free.somone help.

Member Avatar for eltommyo

exactly, all the free ones either don't work or they are just demos and they still dont work. has anybody been succesful with ? cause that wasnt working for me

Member Avatar for petercoti

exactly, all the free ones either don't work or they are just demos and they still dont work. has anybody been succesful with ? cause that wasnt working for me

No i have a freined who is prettey good and finding software for free wich works.

Member Avatar for eltommyo

No i have a freined who is prettey good and finding software for free wich works.

i couldnt get any to work!

Member Avatar for vsjagtap

Hello Everybody,
I am a frehser in IT industry. My company has put me on a project where i need to build a bot for following purpose..
1. We will be having a list of Hotmail email accounts and there passwords
2. A bot will logon to an hotmail account from the list and will reply to all messages
3. The same thing will be repeted for all the email accounts in the list.
4. After finishing with all the email accounts in list, it will again get back to the first account and see if any replies are there..
5. If any replies are there the bot will reply them (this process will be followed for all the email accounts in the list)
6. If a person has replied twice he will be added to ignore list so that no more msgs are sent to him.
I dont know what to do? So can anybody help me? Where to start which language to use? How to do ?
Please Reply me. Your help will be a great contribution for my work...

Regards
Vishal

Member Avatar for Hell_Boy_11

And by "myself" he means with my help. ;-)

Does Any 1 No How To Make A Bot For Gaiaonline.com I Need My Money Back I Got Hacked

Member Avatar for Progr4mmer

DON'T download aim bots from other people most of them contain trojans or you have to do surveys to download which don't work and if they do its a fake.... just some helpful info

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