Well, as you may have noticed, things have changed a little bit. Think of our next move as a return to our roots, MSN and WLM, and also Live Spaces. Everything else, unfortunately, has to be remove...
2025-09-12 18:32:19 +0000 UTC
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Hey hey, we have some small updates, but we need your help testing to make sure everything is working fine!
Updates:
Hey buddies!
It's been a little while since our last major update, but it's because we're working on big things. In this announcement we're going to cover ICQ, Skype, AIM, and some other thin...
2025-07-05 00:29:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey buddies!
This is the first in a series of major updates which are a part of our finally drive toward the launch of Escargot 2.0 very darn soon, and additional version support for AOL, amo...
2025-04-07 21:34:58 +0000 UTC
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Here is a sneak peek at what we are working on:

AOL 6.0! One more version to our roster! Buddy l...
2025-01-13 23:59:52 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
We've got a fairly large update, and we suggest you read through this whole announcement to get an overview of what's been done.
Be sure to (re-)patch your AIM cl...
2025-01-05 20:39:43 +0000 UTC
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Patreon now has a way that you can gift membership to someone else. We figured, why not give it a try? Maybe you know someone who will appreciate early access to ICQ or early access to AOL, or just...
2024-12-14 20:42:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies, we've got big news!
It's chilly and cloudy here at the NINA & Escargot HQ in Kansas, which is a great day to stay in and bask in the wonders of AIM, now free and pu...
2024-11-20 00:10:23 +0000 UTC
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Because today is a spooky day, we shall give thee a less spooky gift...
Rewritten from the ground up (again, really AOL?), and we have the foundation of it working and ready for you guys to h...
2024-10-31 12:02:56 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
Well it's an unusually hot day here in Kansas -- a perfect day for updates. The gap between the last update and now is primarily because of our focus on finalizing AIM/ICQ and ...
2024-10-12 00:18:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
A few more AOL/AIM/ICQ service updates and fixes for you!
Not as many updates this time, that's because we're focusing on a few things:
Getting out Escargot...
2024-09-06 15:32:23 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
Yet more AIM/ICQ service updates and fixes for you!
This update ran a little later than we wanted it to, primarily because of a lot of additional backend changes and fixe...
2024-08-26 01:59:16 +0000 UTC
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Little preview at one of the challenges that MSN <-> AIM interop bring... conversations.
These two services handle chatting in totally different ways. But hey, is it really a challenge ...
2024-08-21 11:35:50 +0000 UTC
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We've got more updates for all of you.
What's New:
AOL: Mail is now implemented. You can now send email to your NINA buddies, delete emails, unsend them, see th...
2024-08-09 23:09:20 +0000 UTC
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Coming this week, mail on AOL. Send mail to your friends and relive that wonderful "You've Got Mail" sound.
And, for AIM users, you even see your unread mail right from AIM. It's that good.<...
2024-08-07 10:05:57 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
This update ran a little later than expected because my (Tony) day job has been very hectic lately, however despite that we've had a lot of help and input from users who have s...
2024-07-27 02:02:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
First and importantly: If you like this project and want it to keep going, we absolutely need your help. In the last month we've had almost no donations a...
2024-07-11 16:40:35 +0000 UTC
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Firstly dear patrons, I want to apologize that we are a few days late on the weekly update, but there are some things we wanted to test and make sure were working before we updated. The next weekl...
2024-06-18 00:48:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
Some new AOL/AIM/ICQ service updates and fixes!
As you may have noticed we didn't have a weekly update last week, that's because we're working on a lot and have a fair am...
2024-06-08 03:37:16 +0000 UTC
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Hello buddies,
We meant it when we said there'd be at least weekly updates. This last week was a lot of building out backend features to improve stability and make it easier to ...
2024-05-19 22:27:19 +0000 UTC
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We're happy to announce that our server now is compatible with AOL 4.0, the real deal, not a copy or "emulation", and it's now available to our beautiful supporters in tiers with alpha acc...
2024-05-10 21:28:32 +0000 UTC
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We've had a lot of updates in the last week, let's get right to it:
Updates:
It's been a while since our last regular update, and we assure you that we will be returning to a more consistent post schedule to let you know what's going on. We've been stretched very thin with ...
2024-04-16 18:29:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey hey hey, I know a lot of you care about apps, and AIM, and boy have we got news for you!
All the official AIM apps are confirmed to be working, right now, on NINA. iOS and Android...
2024-03-17 11:54:55 +0000 UTC
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We're working on a lot of things related to AIM and ICQ.
These updates will come all at once because they all depend on each other. Fun!
AIM
Regarding AIM we have a lot of stuff...
2024-02-29 23:58:00 +0000 UTC
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OSCAR-based ICQ support is coming very soon, as you can see we even have our own, custom welcome window and ads, like MSN does. All these things just make me happy.
PS: Those are all te...
2024-01-03 20:58:26 +0000 UTC
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! TOC2 experimental support is OUT NOW.
Oh and, y'know... http://legacy.nina.chat/
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2023-12-25 00:33:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all!
Just wanted to say that hopefully TOC2 support will come very soon. Maybe as a Christmas present. :)
Considering that TOC2 is not documented at all, I'll document everything ...
2023-12-22 02:31:59 +0000 UTC
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We're now finalizing AOL 4.0 support and will be rolling it out to alpha supporters later on this week. We're proud of all the hard work our team has put in so we've made this post public.
2023-12-10 03:51:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey hey hey! TOC 1.0 is now up and running. TOC 2.0 coming soon.
What is TOC, you may be wondering? TOC (Talk to OsCar) is a protocol, and a server which connects to the AIM servic...
2023-10-13 22:32:52 +0000 UTC
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