title says it all but... I want to make a site like ebuddy etc... not arsed about anything like yahoo google etc... just msn as it is the most used.
whats the purpose? Take a look at meebo.com is that what you mean? Also try Jabber they have plugins you can use to do this I think. other than that try researching some more, I dont think i helped you too much
I believe there are a few meebo clone type of scripts out there. Here is one for example developertutorials.com/blog/web/an-open-source-clone-of-meebo-is-now-available-95/ open source and all