compile:

 ./autogen.sh --with-irssi=~/src/irssi-0.8.5.CVS
 make
 make user_install

load in irssi:

 /LOAD icq
 /SERVER -icqnet icq login.icq.com 5190 your_pass your_uin

If that works you can put that things in your config file.
Add to chatnets section:

 icqnet = { type = "ICQ"; nick = "your_uin"; };

and this to servers section

 { address = "login.icq.com"; chatnet = "icqnet"; port = "5190"; password = "your_pass"; }

Now you should be able to connect by simply writing

 /LOAD icq
 /CONNECT icqnet

and to load your buddies add this to settings section:

 "icq/core" = { buddy_file = "~/.irssi/buddies"; };

Copy ~/.micqrc or whatever your actual buddy file is to the ~/.irssi/buddies.
This plugin can read any file and looks for lines with an uin in the
first column and the nickname in the second column, and it only writes 
those lines! So additional Information WILL BE LOST! 



Commands:
~~~~~~~~~
/AWAY {na|away|ffc|occ|dnd}
	set your status to Not Available/Away/Free For Chat/Occupied/Do Not Disturb
/AWAY
	set your status to Online
/ADDBUDDY uin nick
	add one buddy to your buddy list. It is not saved in any file.
/MSG nick|uin message
	send message to a person
/QUERY {nick|uin}
	start a query with a person
/WHOIS
	display info about all your contacts
/WHOIS {na|away|ffc|occ|dnd|online|offline}
	display info about your contacts in the specific group
/WHOIS {nick|uin}
	display very sparse information about a contact
/SAVE
    Saves irssi-configuration and nicklist. 
	
Future:
~~~~~~~
Because of the ugliness of AIM Oscar protocol I will not continue on this work.
If you want to take over development you are more than welcome to.
Among things left to do is:
 * Retrival of offline messages
 * Autoresponding away message
 * Clean up code :)

Chistian Häggström, 4 June 2002, Email me: chm@c00.info

New Features:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* save buddy list. Be careful, its only a nick uin list, so don't overwrite your old one. uses /save command of irssi.
* Ignore cases in opening queries
* don't print Newline-characters anymore.

Wilfried Goesgens, Mit Aug  6 16:03:04 CEST 2003
Contact me in #irssi in ircnet, nick dothebart