Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] AIM Message Decoding

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From: "Bill Marinelli" <wmarin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 23:14:34 -0500
Hi,
 
I'm a new Ethereal user, and I have a question about decoding AOL Instant Messenger messages.
 
I can send and receive instant messages two ways. The first is to use the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) program on a machine that doesn't have AOL installed. The second is to use the AOL program to send and receive instant messages.
 
Ethereal seems to be able to decode messages sent the first way, but not messages sent via the AOL program.
 
Messages sent via AIM show up as (in the info column):
'Message from: ScreenName -> Message text'
 
Messages sent via AOL show up as (in the info column):
'Family: 31075 - Subtype: 4480 (unknown)'
And there are many such families and subtypes.
Does anyone know what I can do to decode the unknown messages? Some of them are actual messages, and some are other stuff.
 
Regards,
 
Bill


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