From: Peter Jones <dev-null@...>
Date: 2008-04-25T07:20:10+09:00
Subject: Re: works thro irb but not on commandline

Junkone <junkone1@gmail.com> writes:
> i have the aol im on my machine connected as one of the buddies
> i cut and paste the code from the aimbot.rb file and execute them line
> by line and when i hit
>  friend.send_im(" hi how going")
> i get the IM on my aol client.

I don't think there's much anyone can do for you until you narrow this
a bit further down.

I honestly think that you should start by writing some tests.  If it
were me, I'd use some test code from the gem you are using so that
you didn't need to use any GUI client to confirm delivery.

I might also write a test that used tcpdump(1) to look for the packets
leaving the interface, and assert that they are actually being sent.

I'm assuming from your connect call that this protocol is based on TCP
and not UDP.  At the very least, using tcpdump should help you
understand where the error is, on the sending side or the receiving
side.

Good luck.

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