I'm sending different 0x0B packets following the spec (I don't get any errors), but nothing happens.  Messages are sent, but not received.  I'm using SphtBot3 as my control, but I don't receive messages from that either, so I assume I'm doing something wrong.  Anyone help?

Make sure you're sending to the correct bot (it's based on bot id numbers), the user is allowing messages, and I can't tell from your post, but don't think that when you send a message it will echo it back to you (i.e. private message like on b.net).  Maybe you are receiving them and your handler is broken?  Have you used a network monitor utility yet?

I watched my entire test with Ethereal.  I received TCP packets, but they had no data in them; they were only headers.  I sent these messages:
My bot -> itself
My bot -> SphtBot
SphtBot -> my bot
SphtBot -> itself

I never received an 0x0B packet from BotNet.  I did, however, still receive 0x06 and 0x07 packets.

[quote author=rabbit link=topic=11506.msg111317#msg111317 date=1115415259]
I watched my entire test with Ethereal.  I received TCP packets, but they had no data in them; they were only headers.  I sent these messages:
My bot -> itself
My bot -> SphtBot
SphtBot -> my bot
SphtBot -> itself

I never received an 0x0B packet from BotNet.  I did, however, still receive 0x06 and 0x07 packets.
[/quote]

You must be sending a message with a bad bot id.  Try hardcoding the bot id to 1 and see if you get a reply ;).  It seems odd that you don't recieve messages from SphtBot

Even messaging everyone on BotNet from SphtBot doesn't get an 0x0B to my bot or even another SphtBot.

[edit]
Control between two SphtBots:
[quote author="SphtBot A"][17:42:10] (Broadcast) <*SphtBotv3%4918> test
[17:44:38] (BotNet) <To: thefuzzyone> hrm[/quote]
[quote author="SphtBot B"][17:44:00] (Broadcast) <thefuzzyone> test
[17:44:29] (BotNet) <To: *SphtBotv3%4918> grr[/quote]

Neither received any messages, so at this point I'm assuming something's up with the server itself.

[quote author=rabbit link=topic=11506.msg111432#msg111432 date=1115501751]
Even messaging everyone on BotNet from SphtBot doesn't get an 0x0B to my bot or even another SphtBot.

[edit]
Control between two SphtBots:
[quote author="SphtBot A"][17:42:10] (Broadcast) <*SphtBotv3%4918> test
[17:44:38] (BotNet) <To: thefuzzyone> hrm[/quote]
[quote author="SphtBot B"][17:44:00] (Broadcast) <thefuzzyone> test
[17:44:29] (BotNet) <To: *SphtBotv3%4918> grr[/quote]

Neither received any messages, so at this point I'm assuming something's up with the server itself.
[/quote]

You can't send broadcasts over botnet unless you have permission to (ex: an administrator).  Try logging onto an account, then whispering

Messaging everyone from nonauthorized clients has been disabled, for security reasons. You must have write access to the database you are a part of in order to broadcast to database, and you must have special permission (server admin, I think) in order to broadcast to all.

As for not receiving messages, it's most likely because of the server-side chat filters.

Make sure you're using the latest version of SphtBotv3, then try playing with these two commands (ripped directly from the SphtBotv3 Documentation... did you read that?):
[code]/chatdropoptions *** Displays the current BotNet chat drop options
/setchatdropoptions <0|1|2> <0|1|2> <0|1|2> <0|1> *** Sets BotNet chat drop options.  See BotNet protocol specification for more information[/code]

I don't think the SphtBotv3 documentation states where the BotNet documentation is.  So, here it is.

BnetDocs also contains a fair amount of documentation on BotNet. It's a lot more readable there than in that document in my opinion.

I've used both BotNet specs and BnetDocs to construct my BotNet handler.  I also downloaded a fresh copy of SphtBot.

About 0x10, the docs specify that if not received, the server sets all values to 0, which is global accept.

[quote author=rabbit link=topic=11506.msg111464#msg111464 date=1115520619]
I've used both BotNet specs and BnetDocs to construct my BotNet handler.  I also downloaded a fresh copy of SphtBot.

About 0x10, the docs specify that if not received, the server sets all values to 0, which is global accept.
[/quote]

Just show us packet logs of what you're doing.  Make sure you know the correct format:
[quote]
(send to server) id 0x0b: botnet chat
Contents:
(DWORD) command
0 : message to all bots
1 : message to bots on the same database
2 : message to bot specified by id.
(DWORD) action : 0x00=talk, 0x01=emote, any other is dropped
(DWORD) id : for command 0x02, id of bot to send to, otherwise ignored.
(STRING:496) message: blank messages are dropped
Response: the server generates 0xb to the specified other clients.  No
response is sent to the sending client.
[/quote]

I'll do that, but a note: I get 0x08 messages when any packet is malformed.

[edit]
Logs; ethereal isn't liking me and won't save right now, so here's WPEAlpha:

SphtBot A
[code]1  192.168.2.9:3127  63.161.183.205:21845  20  Send 
0000  01 0B 14 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 13 00 00    ............p...
0010  72 72 72 00                                        rrr.[/code]

SphtBot B
[code]1  192.168.2.9:3138  63.161.183.205:21845  20  Send 
0000  01 0B 14 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6E 13 00 00    ............n...
0010  68 72 6D 00                                        hrm.[/code]

My Bot
[code]4  192.168.2.9:3157  63.161.183.205:21845  20  Send 
0000  01 0B 14 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 73 13 00 00    ............s...
0010  68 72 6D 00                                        hrm.[/code]

[quote author=rabbit link=topic=11506.msg111514#msg111514 date=1115563303]
My Bot
[code]4  192.168.2.9:3157  63.161.183.205:21845  20  Send 
0000  01 0B 14 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 73 13 00 00    ............s...
0010  68 72 6D 00                                        hrm.[/code]
[/quote]

[quote]
  (DWORD) command
      0  : message to all bots
      1  : message to bots on the same database
      2  : message to bot specified by id.
  (DWORD) action  : 0x00=talk, 0x01=emote, any other is dropped
  (DWORD) id  : for command 0x02, id of bot to send to, otherwise ignored.
  (STRING:496) message: blank messages are dropped
Response: the server generates 0xb to the specified other clients.  No
response is sent to the sending client.
[/quote]

What you're doing is in bold.

An extra DWORD was being inserted, but I'm not sure why, I'll check my code again, but even still:
[code]0000:  01 0B 15 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9E 13 00 00 
........˛..
0010:  74 65 73 74 00                                    test............[/code]
No respense.

Like I said many times now, hardcode 1 as botid and see if you get a response

No, I don't.