WIP: Absolutely nothing works yet.
Using yahoo messenger 5.5.1228 version, with YMSG protocol v9/10
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/yahoo-messenger-5-5-1228
- overall best source for our purposes, implements v9/10 of the protocol in easy to understand code
- whole source code for client, and some documentation for v9 of the protocol I'm trying to implement
- v9 is implemented in libyahoo2-0.7.0 version
https://gitlab.com/valtron/msn-server/wikis/YMSG-Protocol
- overview of the development of the protocol and differences in versions
http://web.archive.org/web/20100924153734/http://www.ycoderscookbook.com/tutorials/
- really old-school tutorial originally for exploiting the protocol
Visit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager in Windows Registry, and change socket server to your server, and add your IP to the start of IPLookup.