# Scripting ICQ **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 28, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scripting-icq/134232 "2002-10-28T11:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scripting-icq/134232/1 "2002-10-28T11:58:02Z")
Hi there, I am hoping somone can help me find an application for scripting in ICQ. Most internet communication clients allow for scripting and triggers in some form, and yet not IM-clients? I guess Away messages count as a kind of trigger-script, but they are not very adaptable. I am however thinking a little more like MUD clients (say zmud) and IRC clients (like mIRC) which have always allowed a high level of user adaptation. What I am looking for is a way to let actions or events occur when various criteria are met. This way I could easily create rules by which messages with certain content were automatically closed and their sender put on ignore etc. Ideally I would be able to control other aspects of my computer as well, for example in mIRC I have scripted so that I get an SMS if I am paged. So, what am I looking for? Perhaps I need a number of different apps daisy-chained? All suggestions welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scripting-icq/134232/2 "2002-10-28T21:36:11Z")
Maybe this is more IMHO ? Didn’t seem to get any results in GQ… ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scripting-icq/134232/3 "2002-10-28T21:51:35Z")
[http://gaim.sourceforge.net](http://gaim.sourceforge.net) is the home of gaim, an AIM/ICQ/etc. client that has source, binary RPMs, and an alpha release Windows executable available. gaim supports Perl scripting, although I don’t know if it works for Windows.