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AIM Presence talks directly with the AIM servers to get real-time information on the requested buddy’s availability. The HTML interface queries the AIM Presence server, which returns a GIF to reflect the user’s state. The XML interface returns an XML file with additional metadata that you can use to customize the information displayed.
