>Victor-
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>>ICQ will still truncate the message after 450 characters if it can't make a direct connection & has to pass the msg though their server.
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>Very early versions of ICQ had a 450 character limit. Later versions were not limited. Have they now reintroduced the limit?
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>Updated:
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>According to http://www.icq.com/features/, messages to offline users are limited to 450 chars, but not to on-line users.

mmmmmm....I dunno I think you still have to be able to make a direct-connection...otherwise it would be just like sending an offline message (passing though the server). I suppose we could try it and see.
Anyway there is an ICQ API and there is some open-source ICQ stuff - maybe he can automate what he's trying to do.