Hello,

POE::Component::Jabber works pretty well for my needs (persistent daemon that deals with presence and passing messages between the mobile network and email system) and is definetly worth a look if you like POE. You may also check out Net::XMPP2, which you mentioned in your original post. It seems that Net::XMPP2 will be renamed to AnyEvent::XMPP later, but for now they're the same thing.

Good luck.

P.S. I'm afraid that you'll have to go back to the RFC in order to see how to deal with presence, subcriptions, roster etc. These mechanisms are in the core of XMPP/Jabber and should be understood by anyone who wants to deal with this protocol.