chat program

hi,
i'm a complete beginner to doing anything with the internet in VB, but i noticed in components there 'MSN Chat Control Library'.

how do i go about making my own chat program for me and my mates?

any help, source code or example programs would be great :)

cheers
Paul

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Rather than using the "MSN Chat Control Library" (which I've never heard of), I would suggest using Winsock. Since I don't know anything about this chat control library, I'll make a few assumtions. Chances are, if you use Winsock you'll have a lot more power and freedom compared to if you use the msn thing. You'll be able to create your own chat network and make it however you want, rather than just using some library MS made. If you decide to use Winsock, there's lots of info about it (probably way more info and tutorials than this stupid MSN thing), and lots of experts on it here at the forum (me, for one).