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Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
From: sundog@ecst.csuchico.edu (Mark Stone)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 03:24:16 GMT
Reply-To: sundog@amber.ecst.csuchico.edu
Organization: California State University, Chico

In article <Bto3MM.69E@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
>In <BtnqKz.6tA@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dmd39855@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel M. DuBois) writes:
>
>>How many of you guys greet other guys with: "hugz!" ?
>
>  Yeah, but don't you feel like a bit of a turd typing "hugz" to some 
>female you've never seen before either? Honestly folks, irc is a bit
>much, but this "gender flag" concept has reallllly brought it out in
>the open.
>   The way I see it, the same fool who wants the gender flag wants to
>be able to do a 
>/who *female* so that he can annoy each and every one of the females trying


  Um, the person who suggested this whole thing was female.  

 Which brings up some other interesting questions:

 Assuming that IRC females are not sex-crazed-net-geeks like the commonly
conceived IRC male, there must be some OTHER reason a woman suggested this
idea.  For instance, the previously posted net.decent.folks concept?  That
there are plenty of other handy reasons for knowing a person's gender
besides sex?  (Editor's note:  Are we all so involved in the sexual aspect
of IRC that we can't see beyond it enough to note reasons other than?)
 
 Plus, it looked so completely *optional* to me.  You can have a gender
 flag if you like, but you don't have to.  You can tell someone your gender
 if you like, but you don't have to.  You have lie about your gender by
 using the opposite flag, if you like, just as easily as you can tell 
 someone that you are the opposite gender, if you like.  If a few folks
 wish to avoid the "so, are you male or female" aspect of the situation
 (*when it matters*) then they have *that option* -- those who are so
 against it, that maintain that gender doesn't matter, etc, can live
 their own lives too.  (But again, my editor's note:  There are many
 reasons besides sex that make gender note-worthy.  Perhaps we're 
 concentrating too hard on sex being the 'one' or 'main' reason.)  

 For those who say "poor gals who use the gender flag will be etc"
 remember that it is "poor gals who" CHOOSE "to use the gender
 flag will be etc."


 I think this would be just fine as an optional situation, and I
 would nearly welcome it-- in RL, trying to find out someone's gender
 through conversation is a ridiculous possibility, perhaps an absurd
 situation (yes, i know there are exceptions), and having it replicated
 on IRC (something of a RL simulation, at *least*) also feels silly.
 
 Those who dislike the gender flag, don't use it.  Those who wish to,
 for truth or deception, may as well. 


--Mark Stone
sundog@amber.ecst.csuchico.edu
> please send flames to email, not newsgroup

Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: ROGOSCHP@MAX.CC.Uregina.CA
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: vms irc client with dcc
Date: 29 Aug 92 03:09:44 GMT
Organization: University of Regina

Do any irc clients for vms support dcc?  If so could you email me the name of t
he client and perhaps where to get it.
 
email address:  Rogoschp@max.cc.uregina.ca
From: sjl@doc.ic.ac.uk (Steve J Lacey)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
Date: 2 Sep 92 23:44:43 GMT
	<SUOPANKI.92Sep2171600@zombie.oulu.fi>
	<1992Sep2.161123.2381@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
Organization: Department Of Computing, Imperial College, London.
NNTP-Posting-Host: swan.doc.ic.ac.uk
In-reply-to: a8jb@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca's message of 2 Sep 92 16:11:23 GMT

>>>>> On 2 Sep 92 16:11:23 GMT, a8jb@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (G. Youssef EE) said:

G.> In article <SUOPANKI.92Sep2171600@zombie.oulu.fi> suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi writes:

>>We don't need more flags, the hetero/gay flag is enough!
>Dazza> Which flag is that one?
>
>who #42 shows:
>
>H@        #42       vmp <vmp@phoenix.oulu.fi>        Vesa M. Perttunen
...bandwidth saved...
>G*@        #42  nAm_AwAy <kny@cardhu.cs.hut.fi>       Kim Nyberg
>You can see nam_away, kts_away and noop_work are gays, rest are heteros.

G.> HHhahahahahahahaaa!!!!!!!!  Ever read any documentation on IRC?  Sheesh!
G.> The H and G flags do NOT stand for Heteros and gays.  They stand for "H"ere
G.> and "G"one (ie. they have an /AWAY up).  I've never been on #42 so unless
G.> they are using this flag to represent their sexual status on this particular
G.> channel, the H and G flags are not what you think they are.  

G.> Wizard

I think you missed the implied smiley :-) or perhaps I did...

Steve
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
Subject: Re: Trumpet IRC
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 14:59:01 GMT

Nevo Y Hed writes:

>|set gateway=      <--- what goes here?  local gateway to outside
>network? or an IRC server or what ? 

Check out your CONFIG.TEL in NCSA. There should be a gateway defined
in there somewhere unless you use BOOTP.

If not, try 130.215.24.36, if not working ask your local system manager.

>|set domain="wpi.edu" <- is this the right way to specify the domain?

Really no need to have this. Just confuses things a bit.

>|set dns=ccc_pc1.wpi.edu  <- ? right ?

No need either, but if you have it use a IP#.


\Ruben.


-- 
        Ove Ruben R Olsen a Gnarfer and VI user. EMAIL: ruben@uib.no. 
     Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of the Comp.Editors FAQs.
    People that are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when 
     it comes to editing - But I do belive this is a general rule in life
Newsgroups: alt.irc,alt.irc.corruption
From: troy@cbme.unsw.EDU.AU (Troy Rollo)
Subject: Watch This Space
Organization: Centre for Biomedical Engineering, University of NSW
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 06:46:10 GMT

			Watch this space.
--
__________________________________________________________________________
troy@cbme.unsw.EDU.AU	Overworked, overcommited and always multitasking.
From: suopanki@zombie.oulu.fi (Heikki Suopanki)
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
Reply-To: suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi
Organization: Unixverstas Olutensin, Finlandia
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:16:00 GMT

>>>>> On Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:59:21 GMT, daz@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Dazza Primm) said:



>We don't need more flags, the hetero/gay flag is enough!
Dazza> Which flag is that one?

who #42 shows:

H@        #42       vmp <vmp@phoenix.oulu.fi>        Vesa M. Perttunen
H@        #42      tero <tero@vehka.cs.uta.fi>       Tero Saarimaa
H@        #42     Petri <pete@fidata.fi>             Petri Helenius
H@        #42     Frank <ojala@dolphin.funet.fi>     Petri Ojala
H@        #42      Mari <zarr@vipunen.hut.fi>        Mari (Cougar) Sepp{
H*@        #42      Jita <jita@dena.ttl.fi>           Marko Katajisto
H*@        #42  ele_away <elendil@Polaris.cc.utu.fi>  Kimmo Murto
H@        #42     Arska <aiv@cardhu.cs.hut.fi>       Arska V{ijy
G*@        #42  nAm_AwAy <kny@cardhu.cs.hut.fi>       Kim Nyberg
G@        #42  kts_away <kts@laphroaig.cs.hut.fi>    Kari Tapani Syd{nmaanlakk\
a
G@        #42 noop_work <pno@laphroaig.cs.hut.fi>    Pasi Nousiainen


You can see nam_away, kts_away and noop_work are gays, rest are heteros.


-Heikki

ps. {lk{{ pojat suuttuko, etteh{n :-)

Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke)
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:21:34 GMT

In article <9208260030.AA14936@moeng2.morgan.edu> demi@MOENG2.MORGAN.EDU (Demi Greene) writes:
>
>Of course, people would take extreme advantage of this, and pretend to
>be the opposite gender, etc, but it seems like a useful and fun 
>feature regardless.  Thoughts?

I don't see any disadvantage, because many people pick gender-specific names
already.  The examples you used (demi, saltgirl, thomas) are fairly obvious.
For people who would like to remain unknown, they can simply not set the
flag (have a default state of " ").  Those who are really paranoid can always
mode -i.

So I do think it's a good idea, as long as there is a default option of 
"unknown".

(Flames from Steve Franklin will be, of course, ignored.  All other followups
welcome.)
-- 
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   thieves and murderers. This will be a good life... good enough."
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From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Smallest UNIX IRC Client
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:32:57 GMT
Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia

In article <BtyHo6.6vu@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:

>yes, but does this work with the latest servers?

For other people, yes. We've modified all new clients to refuse to
work for you until you acquire a clue.
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: kny@cs.hut.fi (Kim Nyberg)
Subject: Re: Smallest UNIX IRC Client
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
	<KEINANEN.92Sep2145234@elite.tre.tele.nokia.fi> <BtyHo6.6vu@cs.dal.ca>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:46:04 GMT

In article <BtyHo6.6vu@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
>yes, but does this work with the latest servers? I got the newest beta
>version, but I keep getting this remark 
>symbol void irc-broadcast-parteners or somethgin like that. Anyone else
>have luck with this thing?

The problem is irchat-hooks.el (which isn't actually needed, it's
just there as an example of the hooks provided). Still, if you want
to include it, add (defvar irchat-broadcast-parteners nil) to the
beginning of the file.

>steve

Kim
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: astewart@nyx.cs.du.edu (ANGUS STEWART)
Subject: IRC TELNET SITES WANTED
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 14:14:24 GMT


Loking for sites where I can telnet to and use irc without having an an
account there, or somewhere I can get an account for free, which supports
IRC.Sites in Britain or Europe would be preferable.Thanks in
advance(please e-mail replies).
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Subject: Re: IRC Relationships: How to start one
Organization: /users/students/franklin/.organization
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:59:18 GMT

Dear God... What kind of lines were those? Okay, so I said I wasn't
going to post anymore to such stuff... I lied. Alt.irc may be the only
group I still follow. In any case, the proper lines to use are :

1) Hi - wanna see my floppy
2) Bet you've never mounted a hard drive like mine
3) My mouse cord is long
4) I use DOS
5) I'm a good chess player
6) I have a typing speed of 113.65 wpm (blindfolded)
7) I could have any girl I want in the whole world, but I IRC waiting just for
   you.
8) I know SUPERMAN
9) I am SUPERMAN
10)I think you're a nice person, and want you purely for your personality
11)I look like Tom Cruise
12)I know Tom Cruise
13)I am Tom Cruise

Anyways, the list goes on and on, but this is rather redundant from my 
previous post on IRC Relationships. If anyone needs a good steady manual,
then perhaps they can find this post somewhere... i didn't keep it
unfortunately, because I could use a good laugh right now... *shrug*

till next time...
   steve
--
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: outten@bellcore.com (Todd Outten)
Subject: irc on 4.0.2 irix - sgi
Reply-To: outten@bellcore.com
Organization: /u/outten/.organization
Distribution: alt.irc
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:17:50


anyone have any luck compiling the irc (2.1.5) code on an sgi
running 4.0.2 or later -- if so, please e-mail me with any
particulars -- thanx! todd
From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Smallest UNIX IRC Client
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:32:41 GMT
Followup-To: alt.irc
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In article <1992Sep2.163257.10195@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
>In article <BtyHo6.6vu@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
>
>>yes, but does this work with the latest servers?
>
>For other people, yes. We've modified all new clients to refuse to
>work for you until you acquire a clue.

Ok, thanks. Now will someone who ISN"T a jackass please reply? I really don't
know what's upsetting Greggie, but please ignore him. He's not himself
lately.
   steve
p.s. - apparently other servers get my messages when irchat is on,
but I can't receive any?

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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: asamonte@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Just some loser...)
Subject: Re: local IRC servers listing?
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 10:40:11 GMT
Organization: Nothing worth mentioning...
Distribution: usa

sfadden@phobos.ucc.umass.edu (Steve Fadden) was telling me...
>I am very new to IRC -- are there any local (public/no-fee) servers available
>that I could connect to?  I would like to participate but have yet to find a 
>server on this side of the continent (northeast).

Hmm...a fee for server use?  could be interesting...

-Alex

--
From: petrilli@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
Summary: Freeping Creaturism
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:23:26 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Department of Redundency Department

In article <9208260030.AA14936@moeng2.morgan.edu> demi@MOENG2.MORGAN.EDU (Demi Greene) writes:

>Does anyone like the idea of a 'gender flag' to show up in the 'S' part
>of a /who listing?  For example:

I really wonder of what use this would really be.  I mean I guess
depending on where you ``activities'' on IRC ran, it might be useful,
but in most of my dealings on IRC, I don't really care what gender
someone is.  But then again, I don't engage in a lot of the less
``virtuous'' activities. :-)

>Of course, people would take extreme advantage of this, and pretend to
>be the opposite gender, etc, but it seems like a useful and fun 
>feature regardless.  Thoughts?

Well, people already pretend to be the opposite gender, it's
relatively common, heck I even get accused of being female by some
people somtimes, and I'm not trying to confuse anyone!  I don't think
that the flag belongs in the general IRC code.  Perhaps making an
extension to NickServ to support this, or a GenderSrv, or something
like that, but it DEFINATELY doesn't belong in the IRC code, which is
already bloated and hulking and nearing a critical mass.

Chris Petrilli (Crowley)

-- 
| Chris Petrilli                                             ____
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: d88pt@efd.lth.se (Peter Tomaszewski)
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:17:39 GMT

In article <BtnqKz.6tA@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dmd39855@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel M. DuBois) writes:
>notarus@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus) writes:
>
>> I'm not exactly known as paranoid, but at the same time, i really see
>>a need for it. Why a gender flag? So i can tell if you're male or female?
>>Why? Why can't i ASK you? Am i gonna speak to you different because you're
>>male?
>
>Actually.. I know I speak differently to females than I do to males...
>Be it telling a dirty joke, or talking about old girlfreinds, or talking
>about picking up guys, or talking about sports.... pretty much anything
>in life is handled vastly differntly due to the other persons gender..
>In any other situation in life, be it in person or on the phone, we
>have access to this crucial sociological piece of information, why not on
>irc?
>
>How many of you guys greet other guys with: "hugz!" ?
>
>-Dan

NO, we greet them with *KISS* of course ;-)

Seriously, this is a SILLY discussion. A gender flag is a ridicolous suggestion.
Just TALK to people and get to know them. You'll find out what they are. If you
are nice to them, they should have no problem teling you if they are M or F.

There's no shortcut to friendship anyway.


peter
From: shadow@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Matt Mosley)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: /summon command?
Date: 30 Aug 92 21:14:30 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <BttA7o.BAz@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dms50304@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darkman) writes:
>jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:

>This idea would be veeeery bad.  I can already see it:  ppl/bots mass summoning
>to flood people with mail.  I don't see a real need for a summon.  Sure it
>would be neat, but you can just as easily talk/write/e-mail them.  My $.02
>worth.

I agree. It would be a *very* bad idea.  What's the problem with the current
implementation, anyway?

--Matt

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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
Subject: CORRECTING  Re: Trumpet IRC
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 15:02:33 GMT

I Wrote>
>
>If not, try 130.215.24.36, if not working ask your local system manager.
>

I meant 130.215.24.1.

Sorry cut'n paste slipped.

\Ruben.


-- 
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     Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of the Comp.Editors FAQs.
    People that are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when 
     it comes to editing - But I do belive this is a general rule in life
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: suopanki@zombie.oulu.fi (Heikki Suopanki)
Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
Reply-To: suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi
Organization: Unixverstas Olutensin, Finlandia
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 02:03:13 GMT


We don't need more flags, the hetero/gay flag is enough!

-Heikki

--
                   suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi
              Do you love any, do you love none
            Do you love twenty, can you love one
                       Do you love me
                          -S.Vega
From: IO20595@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Ircing at the University of Hartford
Date: 29 Aug 92 04:32:36 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

If anyone has knowledge regarding access to the mainframe, account info,

and Ircing in general at the University of Harford, CT I would appreciate
if you could email me. I have a friend in the Simsbury area who is interested
in aquiring an account.
Thanx in advance.
joey Murray
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth)
Subject: Re: IRC Relationships: How to start one
Reply-To: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth)
Organization: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:31:57 GMT

It's simple.  Don't.
-- 
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jar42733@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXT mail)    deny I said anything.  =)
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: dms50304@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darkman)
Subject: Re: /summon command?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:30:58 GMT

jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:

>randall@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth) writes
>> Not their client.. but another client on the same host.

>Doesn't sound to me like that would fall within the bounds of what a  
>client does.  Also, since there would be no way to turn this messaging off  
>(like you can turn talk and write requests off via "mesg n" or "chmod go-w  
>`tty`") it might be better if the summoning went through mail.

>If it did go through mail, it could be a trivial add-on to make a server  
>summon any user that can be reached by mail.

This idea would be veeeery bad.  I can already see it:  ppl/bots mass summoning
to flood people with mail.  I don't see a real need for a summon.  Sure it
would be neat, but you can just as easily talk/write/e-mail them.  My $.02
worth.


-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (Peter R. Tattam)
Subject: Re: Trumpet IRC
Organization: Psychology Department, University of Tasmania
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 02:35:58 GMT

In article <BtKAwr.394@wpi.WPI.EDU> nyh@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nevo Y Hed) writes:
>From: nyh@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nevo Y Hed)
>Subject: Trumpet IRC
>Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:07:39 GMT
>
>	Anyone here with experiance with Trumpet IRC 
>	[IRC client for MSDOS using packet drivers etc...]
>
>I have this batch file - I am not sure on few parameters
>
>|@echo off
>|c:\dosext\install                  <--- so that the driver can be removed

not really needed if you use termin.com

>|c:\ncsa\3c503 0x6a 0x5 0x300 1     <--- packet driver, works with NCSA\telnet

correct

>|set ip=130.215.24.36                <--- IP of the PC - right?

correct  (If you use bootp, things are a lot simpler though)

>|set netmask=255.255.0.0             <--- taken from the NCSA setup that works

correct

>|set gateway=      <--- what goes here?  local gateway to outside

Ethernet only: If you need to go through a gateway to get to your irc server

>network? or an IRC server or what ? 

>|set domain="wpi.edu" <- is this the right way to specify the domain?

Sounds ok.  This is the suffix that Trumpet IRC tacks on the end of host 
names.

>|set dns=ccc_pc1.wpi.edu  <- ? right ?

No.  this must be a raw IP address. 

>|c:\temp\irc.exe

So far so good.

>|c:\dosext\remove

Try

|c:\ncsa\termin 0x6A

to unload the packet driver.  This is a more correct way to do it.  Performs 
any tidy up required.

>
>
>	I appriciate your help,
>
>		-Nevo
>-- 
>Nevo Y. Hed ............. nyh@wpi.wpi.edu .....................................
>++1-508-754-2491 ........ CS student, Worcester Polytechnic Institute .........
>"I like my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth from time to time" G.Marx .
>
>
>

I will update the instructions for IRC and provide some sample batch files 
to run IRC, and possibly an automatic install program.

Peter    (Writer of Trumpet IRC and Newsreader)  Nick: Petros
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: robin@ima.isc.com (Robin Gyver)
Subject: Re: Smallest UNIX IRC Client
Organization: not much
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 22:23:22 GMT

In article <1818qsINNf98@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> dww2@po.CWRU.Edu (David W. Woodward) writes:
>What is the smallest IRC client I can get, and where do I get it?

     The enclosed client is pretty small.  It is missing a few
of the fancier features, and most people don't like the way the
output is formatted, but you didn't specify quality...

--------cut here--------
#!/bin/sh
telnet ${IRCSERVER-fairhope.andrew.cmu.edu} 6667