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From: cgw@sol.acs.unt.edu (christopher williams)
Subject: Re: first post?
Originator: cgw@sol
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:14:32 GMT

In <1992Sep28.175113.22355@fwi.uva.nl> bosman@fwi.uva.nl (Dr.D) writes:
>hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
>>Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.
>Im getting it :) yay!! :)
>scorpio  (*.fwi.uva.nl)

the newsgroup is here, but i'm not 'getting it'. *ahem*

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-cgw-

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From: woneill@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu (Bill O'Neill)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Re: first post?
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:22:00 GMT
Organization: Temple University

hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
: Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.
: 

Reading you load and clear at cronkite.temple.edu (Temple University-
Philadelphia, PA, USA)

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From: d1rasmus@dtek.chalmers.se (Owe Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Re: IRC guide
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:58:52 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

feiges@snake21.cs.wisc.edu (Howard Feiges) writes:

>Actually, It would be really neat if there was an IRC "guide"
>(not the man pages) that I could read (I HATE READING THE
>MAN PAGES....  you can imagine why...)  that would explain
>to me everythin there is to know about IRC........

There is a nice IRCprimer, which doesn't teach you everything,
but it is an exellent way to start. it was originally written
by Nicolas Pioch and was in PostScript format, but there is an
ASCII-version of it available by FTP to adagio.fy.chalmers.se -
/pub/irc/docs/IRCprimer.txt.Z .
   Maybe there is a copy of it somewhere nearer, but the above
mentioned place I am sure it exeists at least.

most kind regards, Owe Rasmussen - d1rasmus@dtek.chalmers.se
                                                 Sorg on IRC
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
From: frechett@spot.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-)
Subject: Re: user@host on incoming messages.
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 05:10:50 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.141042.1929@alf.uib.no> vegard@hp825.bih.no (Vegard Engen) writes:
>Thanks to AnneMarit, who requested this, I'm here releasing a patch
>and a script that makes your ircII-client show the user@host on the
>FIRST incoming /msg for every nick. It checks if the user@host is
>changed, and displays it again if so. This works on ircII 2.2pre7,
>haven't tested for others. 

Figures.. Let's take the most powerful ircII client ever made and add something
that you'll have to selectively ignore.  I know that your intentions are 
good but this patch is TOTALLY unecessary.  I could have written a script
back at ircII2.1.5 to do what your patch does.  With ircII2.2pre7 is just
gets easier and easier.  Lemme how you'd go about it.  I'll do it
in ircII2.2pre7 code..  I'm not about to muck up my client with the patch
so I can't see exactly what your format is, but try something like this.

^on ^msg * if (rmatch($0:$userhost() $msg.list))
		{
			echo *$0* $1-
		}
		{
			@ msg.list = msg.list ## [ $0:$userhost()]
			echo *$0\($userhost()\)* $1-
		}

Yep that's it.. I didn't look at the format of your output, but of course
with this 1 single line above (it is really one line) you can make it output
however you want.. when and where you want.. etc..
BTW.. for those that wonder, it actually looks like this when loaded.
*** On MSG from "* *" do if (rmatch($0:$userhost() $msg.list)) {echo *$0* $1-}
 {@ msg.list = msg.list ## [ $0:$userhost()];echo *$0\($userhost()\)* $1-}
 [SILENT] <0>

This idea will work all the way back to ircII2.2pre1  with a few exceptions
where some things were broken.... BTw.. all the paren syntax is unique to the
clients ircII2.2pre6 and beyond.

It's taken me longer to write the text of this message than it did that
script.  I've got a hint for all you people aspiring to write cool features
into ircII.  READ THE HELP FILES!!
The help files for ircII2.1.5 are included in the package.
The help files for ircII2.2pre7 are on major irc ftp sites.. for instance
	try csd.bu.edu in /irc/clients/ircII2.2help.beta2.tar.Z


Everything you need to know is in there.  How do I know this?  I've read 
every single help file.  I updated the help files from 2.1.5 to 2.2
and continue to maintain them.  It's amazing to me that someone could
find it easier to write a patch to the client that won't work in a version
or two instead of an infinately malleable script which can be updated
easily for every version to come.

BTW, looking at the script that was included with the original patch
I'm not sure if it wipes out the old userhost when it's changed to the 
new one  (too late at night) but I suspect that with a little descrease in 
performance I make it do that too if so desired.  In fact, I know I could
do it.  Think about how one might remove a specific name from a flat 
list.  I do it all the time in my tabscript.  BTW Veggen did you 
notice that certain nicknames will break your script every time?  It's what
happens.  Do you know why?

	ian
From: tourf00@DMI.USherb.CA (Francis Tourillon <Tourfman>)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Re: first post?
Date: 30 Sep 92 03:02:44 GMT
Organization: U de Sherbrooke -- LIIT adicts - ANS - Ascot Boyz -


>But do my postings reach anywhere?

	Sure, right here in Quebec, I've received those 7 messages but I'm
still confused.  What does this newsgroup stand for?  All messages here are
talking about the fact of if the messages are going on.

	I'm telling you.  YES this newsgroup is ok and I'm receiving news.
Now, start!

Tourf"yes I'm here"man
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Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
From: irc@ariel.yorku.ca (IRC Administration)
Subject: Re: first post?
Originator: irc@c07.ariel.yorku.ca
Keywords: getting this?
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: york
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:14:17 GMT



In article <HROSE.92Sep27224537@rocza.eff.org>, hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
>> Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.
>> 

Helen,
     York U of Toronto Canada is getting this...
                      but now what do we do with it? ;)
-- Wildmage

>> --Helen
>> --
>> Helen Trillian Rose             	<hrose@eff.org, hrose@kei.com>
>> Electronic Frontier Foundation   	email eff@eff.org for EFF Info
>> Kapor Enterprises, Inc.                 Flames to: 
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Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
From: irsman@iastate.edu (That Ian Guy)
Subject: Re: first post?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:49:44 GMT

>Helen Trillian Rose (hrose@eff.org) wrote:
> Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.

Coming in fine at Iowa State (I know we're on the eff's most wanted list :)




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Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
From: clc@kepler.unh.edu (Llamist Lliason)
Subject: Re: first post?
Organization: Holy Church of the Llama
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 03:53:35 GMT

In article <HROSE.92Sep27224537@rocza.eff.org> hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
>Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.
>
Getting it here, but for how long?

					Christian

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From: crahn@carroll1.cc.edu (Christopher J Rahn)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Re: first post?
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:36:39 GMT
Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI

In article <HROSE.92Sep27224537@rocza.eff.org> hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
>Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.
>
>--Helen
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>Electronic Frontier Foundation   	email eff@eff.org for EFF Info
>Kapor Enterprises, Inc.                 Flames to: 
>Systems and Networks Administration	women-not-to-be-messed-with@eff.org

Hello Helen!  :)

You can add Carroll College to the list of sites that are getting this news
group!   

However, I hope it does not degenerate into a newsgroup like alt.irc did.
I hardly go in there now, since it is just a bunch of flaming.  I hate that.
On the other hand, I am glad this is not moderated, but I feel it maybe
necessary if that what happened with the alt.irc happens with
alt.irc.ircii.

Christopher J. Rahn

P.S.  How has work been treating you :)
From: jd_sher@pavo.concordia.ca (SHEREMATA, JONATHAN D)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Hello
Keywords: India Montreal
Date: 4 Oct 92 07:18:00 GMT
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I Just thought I'd say from Montreal, since you were asking.

I'm looking to get in touch with my girlfreind, who's travelling in India 
at this moment.  I thought that maybe someone on this newsgroup could tell me 
how to get in touch with anyone from New Delhi or Bombay using USENET or
 INTERNET.  There must be a way...

					Thanks. Dave.


Jonathan _DAVE_ Sheremata
[JD_SHER]@VAX.concordia.ca

Have a nice (pick your time-frame, and stay relative to the human condition)!
From: obrien@acf3.nyu.edu (Chief O'Brien)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Re: first post?
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:57:36 GMT
Organization: DON'T MESS WITH THE O(BRIEN), Inc. <New York University>

hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
>Let's hear from some other sites who are getting this.
>--Helen

It's coming in loud and clear here at New York University, in the
heart of the BIG APPLE.

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	        DON'T MESS WITH THE O(BRIEN), Inc., (c) 1992
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
From: bednarek@picard.med.ge.com (Dennis Bednarek Mfg 4-6971)
Subject: irc.irc2
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 10:03:41 GMT



Could someone tell me what this is about?
	
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From: tplacek@eng.auburn.edu (Tim Placek)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Answers his own question :)
Date: 4 Oct 92 19:16:16 GMT
Reply-To: tplacek@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering

I posted a question about maintaining formatting in scripts ... by snooping around in a
few old script files I have a came across this likely candidate ... I think you can
see how it works ...

   /ON ^WHO * /ECHO $([$CHANNEL_NAME_WIDTH]0) $[10]1 $5-


Can someone please steer me to where in the help files these "hidden" variables are
described as well as the usage of [width] ??   Thanks.

Tim
From: stank@alcor.concordia.ca (EMC LAB account)
Newsgroups: alt.irc.ircii
Subject: Re: first post?
Date: 2 Oct 92 12:26:32 GMT
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

In article <3332@carroll1.cc.edu> crahn@carroll1.cc.edu (Christopher J Rahn) writes:
>In article <HROSE.92Sep27224537@rocza.eff.org> hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
Never mind what whe wrote, it's her name that interests me.  All these
years I thought that Trillian was a name that Douglas Adams made up
for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, short for Tricia McMillan.
I am so disillusioned!
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: StarOwl@uiuc.edu (StarOwl)
Subject: Re: Offensive language. *warning*
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Reply-To: StarOwl@uiuc.edu
Organization: Actuarial Science Program at UIUC
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 02:39:21 GMT
Keywords: significant words from a document used as an index to content

a8jb@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (G. Youssef EE) writes:
: StarOwl@uiuc.edu writes:
: 
: >At least free speech is more in existence in the U.S. than it is in, say,
: >Canada....
: 
: Pardon me?  What makes you say this statement?  How about some examples
: to back this up?
: 
: It's so *lax* here as far as "free speech" that I cannot even think of 
: a case where the above statement would hold true.

Is that why material that might be considered "demeaning" to minorities
is all but verboten in Canada?  How about attempts by Provincial governments
to censor some of the more controversial newsgroups in USENET?
I suggest that government censorship exists to a much greater degree in
Canada than in the U.S.


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Marrou/Lord in '92



Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin)
Subject: New Bot
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 13:37:44 GMT

Hi Folks...


	There is a new bot growing on IRC...it is called Unibot
and it is an Informational Bot...its purpose is to accumulate and
present IRC users with an information base of Public Access Usenet
sites.  Right now it is quite limited, having 2 sites in Toronto
listed and 1 site in New York City, but as time goes on, this
will hopefully increase with all your help :)

	If there is a city you would like to see listed, request
it.  If there is a site you would like to see added, submit it.

	Hope this is useful to some of you :)

Marc
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose)
Subject: Re: Offensive language.  *warning* (ha)
Organization: The Evil Fascist IRC Admins From Hell, Inc.
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:59:11 GMT

Take this personal crap to email. This is no longer an irc discussion.

--Helen
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From: gwydion@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Mercenary Programmer)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Twilight_Zone: Back to the point
Keywords: Avalon is a twit.
Date: 3 Oct 92 23:50:05 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <1992Sep30.210239.155788@zeus.calpoly.edu> asamonte@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Just some loser...) writes:

>'The only winning move is not to play...'
>
>-Alex

The thing is, though, that the actual winning and the perception of
winning are two different things.  On IRC, most people make moves
in what they perceive reality to be, which does not necessarily have
anything to do with what reality really is.
From: ljz57640@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Nonentity )
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Hmmm...
Date: 6 Oct 92 01:41:29 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

tanglai@ecst.csuchico.edu (Nirgalli) writes:

>sorry to bug you all, but I wanted to see if you actually were getting this,
>the last 2-3 I posted did not get sent, I think...

>JizBeast

I got it!!!
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From: aiken@netcom.com (The Nonborn King)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: more hacks (logged)
Date: 28 Sep 92 04:45:58 GMT
Organization: Irritated Responses 'R' Us

In article <1992Sep26.183910.17186@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
> [stuff]
>
>ircops could certainly be removed. But channel ops are a feature...
>and like most features, can be used for good or bad. ircops no longer
>have any good features.

Boy, that's quite an impressive analysis of the entire IRCop population.
_Very_ impressive indeed, in light of the fact that, if memory serves, you
have not even logged on during the 1992 calendar year.

Aik


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From: MABBC@CUNYVM.BITNET (The Computer....)
Newsgroups: alt.irc,alt.irc.recovery
Subject: Help!! I want to do some I.R.C. stuff!!
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:48:24 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Hello everyone.

    I am using CUNYVM which has Bitnet and Internet access.  I
have been using Bitnet Relay for a while and I would like to use
Internet Chat.  How do I go about doing this??  I don't know of
any servers in the area.  I sent a message to a consultant at
CUNY center and they suggested that I post to y'all in hopes of
getting some info.  Please e-mail me or post if you have any info.

Thanks in advance....

*======================================================================*
* Mabbc@Cunyvm.Bitnet      <== Bitnet                                  *
* Mabbc@Cunyvm.Cuny.Edu    <== Internet                                *
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: shadow@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Matt Mosley)
Subject: Re: more hacks (logged)
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 16:48:46 GMT

Now there's a good idea - I think that ircd-three should have no more 
chanops or ircops.  But, of course, there isn't really a chance in hell
of that happening, so...

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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: csquyres@polaris.unm.edu (Chris B. Squyres)
Subject: Re: Offensive language. *warning*
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 00:47:24 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

dprust = rush limbaugh?

Have they ever been seen at the same place at the same time?

Think about it.

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University of New Mexico    |
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: asamonte@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Just some loser...)
Subject: Re: more hacks (logged)
Organization: Nothing worth mentioning...
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 04:06:44 GMT

evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans) was telling me...
>lcm1501@hertz.njit.edu (Lawrence C. Mc Abee) writes:
>: 	Can someone post an excerpt of the code for a bot that would not
>:  cause this HACKing problem ?  I am not sure how to do it, and do not
>
>A small point what you want is an algorithm!
>
>:  have time to figure it out. I am sure other people are in the same position
>:  as I am, as far as not wanting to cause net problems, but not knowing
>:  how to fix the problem.
>
>You could try something of the form.
>
>WAIT 3 seconds
>IF User does NOT have channel op THEN op User

Actually that algorithm is quite stupid.....well that's a bit harsh...but
atleast not well thought out.  Now...lets say people do code this, now everyone
will have a 3 second delay...and the problem will persist.

The currently viable solutions will never happen because people are too
vain to only have 1 bot on a channel.  Or not to have them do any mode
commands at all kind of makes them even more useless then they already are.

-Alex
From: jrg@doc.ic.ac.uk (James Grinter)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: I don't understand!!
Date: 06 Oct 92 22:54:36 GMT
Organization: /homes/jrg/.organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak49.doc.ic.ac.uk
In-reply-to: jason@coombs.anu.edu.au's message of 30 Sep 92 17:00:16 GMT

In article <thecure.717872416@coombs> jason@coombs.anu.edu.au (jason..) writes:

   [deleted]

   you see the pattern ? it just becomes a habit to 'park' in a channel in between
   irc sessions i guess

heh, and if anyone knows about parking in channels, its him :-)

I can indeed see why some people do this, It can be quite handy as
long as its possible to know when they were last about, etc.

James
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: frechett@spot.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-)
Subject: Re: How do you stop the /list before the end?
Followup-To: alt.irc.ircii
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:15:12 GMT

In article <1a7c1kINN2na@bigboote.WPI.EDU> suemac@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Susan Beth MacPherson) writes:
>I find the best thing to do is just use the pause key to scroll through
>slower......Anyone else have a better idea???
1. Not everyone uses ircII so this doesn't apply to everyone.
2.  If you find that you have accidentally typed /list and are now faced with 
   monster list of lame channels flooding your screen, as fast as you can 
   type /flush       This will flush all pending server output to /dev/null.

A good way to cut down the list in general is something like.. 

/list -min 4        to cut out all channels with fewer than 4 people.

nuff said.  Followups to alt.irc.ircii

	ian
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Can someone please explain BOTS.
From: kennedy_d@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz (Damian Kennedy)
Date: 26 Sep 1992 08:58:53 GMT
Reply-To: kennedy_d@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

Hi,

Being new to IRC I do not understand how bots works ?
What are they ? How are they created and how are they used ?
 
I see they are used to automatically make certain users operators in certain channels etc etc
but what other functions do they perfo ??

					-Damian

KENNEDY_D@KOSMOS.WCC.GOVT.NZ
Newsgroups: alt.irc