# ROR apps sending to popular IM networks

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-apps-sending-to-popular-im-networks/115618>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 26, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-apps-sending-to-popular-im-networks/115618 "2007-09-26T22:08:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![maui](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@maui](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maui)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-apps-sending-to-popular-im-networks/115618/1 "2007-09-26T22:08:56Z")

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Hi all,

Does anyone have experience having RoR send messages to popular IM  
services (AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, etc). Are people using Jabber gateways  
and XMPP4R? What about the various APIs from these networks?

Thanks,

Mark

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**Author:** ![maui](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@maui](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maui)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-apps-sending-to-popular-im-networks/115618/2 "2007-09-26T22:35:19Z")

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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:08:10PM -0000, maui wrote:

> Does anyone have experience having RoR send messages to popular IM  
> services (AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, etc). Are people using Jabber gateways  
> and XMPP4R? What about the various APIs from these networks?

I recommend libpurple, which is what pidgin/gaim/adium sits on (see  
[http://pidgin.im/](http://pidgin.im/) if you don’t know what I’m talking about), and the  
ruburple gem to interface with it.

> Thanks,  
> Mark  
> –Greg