From: "Rick V" <[email protected]-wnc-this>

Hello All.

Can someone explain to me what's the plus of turning on the IRC in services? I see that the serives window shows all the IRC routing, but would it be a added feature to users or me? I've read the wiki, and even printed that section out. I believe I've go the setting correct, just wondering if I'm messing something.

Thanks,
Rick V

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From: "phigan" <[email protected]-r4r-this>

To: Rick V
Re: Question on Services and IRC
By: Rick V to All on Thu Apr 24 2025 12:04 pm

the IRC routing, but would it be a
added feature to users or me? I've r

It's a chat server, so you could have a
client always connected to it and have
a client on your BBS that connects to
it... then whoever is on the BBS and
runs the IRC client can chat with
whoever else is connected with their
own IRC client (doesn't have to be the
BBS, but it could be even another BBS).
Probably doesn't add that much value
unless your users are into that sort of
thing... I like to use it to pass URLs
between different old computers ;).

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From: "Digital Man" <[email protected]-h51-this>

To: Rick V
Re: Question on Services and IRC
By: Rick V to All on Thu Apr 24 2025 12:04 pm

Can someone explain to me what's the plus of turning on the IRC in services?

Probably not much plus since the 'R' (IRC) chat menu option just connects to the irc.synchro.net network already.
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From: "Rick V" <rick.v@1:154/110.remove-q6f-this>

To: phigan
Re: Question on Services and IRC
By: phigan to Rick V on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33:57

It's a chat server, so you could have a client always connected to it and have a client on your BBS that connects to it... then whoever is on the BBS and runs the IRC client can chat with whoever else is connected with their own IRC client (doesn't have to be the BBS, but it could be even another BBS). Probably doesn't add that much value unless your users are into that sort of thing... I like to use it to pass URLs between different old computers ;).

I get it. So as a BBS user or Sysop, there's really no reason to load that service then, so as a logon user you can just IRC from within the BBS.

Rick V
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From: "nelgin" <[email protected]-zn-this>

On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:45:06 -0500
"Rick V" (VERT) <VERT![email protected]> wrote:

Re: Question on Services and IRC
By: phigan to Rick V on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33:57

It's a chat server, so you could have a client always connected
to it and have a client on your BBS that connects to it... then
whoever is on the BBS and runs the IRC client can chat with
whoever else is connected with their own IRC client (doesn't
have to be the BBS, but it could be even another BBS). Probably
doesn't add that much value unless your users are into that sort
of thing... I like to use it to pass URLs between different old computers ;).

I get it. So as a BBS user or Sysop, there's really no reason to load
that service then, so as a logon user you can just IRC from within
the BBS.

As Digital Man says, there's plenty of servers already but if you do
want to run the IRC server, out of curiosity or whatever, you can use
the ircdcfg.js script to help configure your ircd.ini file. Also, make
sure you configure RBLs with dnsbl.dronebl.org being the minimum to
help block unwanted bots and spam connections.
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From: "MRO" <[email protected]-xzr-this>

To: nelgin
Re: Re: Question on Services and IRC
By: nelgin to All on Thu Apr 24 2025 05:19 pm

As Digital Man says, there's plenty of servers already but if you do
want to run the IRC server, out of curiosity or whatever, you can use
the ircdcfg.js script to help configure your ircd.ini file. Also, make
sure you configure RBLs with dnsbl.dronebl.org being the minimum to
help block unwanted bots and spam connections.

best way to prevent bots is to run it on ssl and a non standard port.
PERIOD.
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From: "phigan" <[email protected]-12at-this>

To: Rick V
Re: Question on Services and IRC
By: Rick V to phigan on Thu Apr 24 2025 03:45 pm

service then, so as a logon user you
can just IRC from within the BBS.

The IRC client on the BBS can be
configured to connect to whatever
server you want. The IRC server service
allows you to have your own chat area
(or server) separate from whatever
random public is using IRC out there.
Like if you have a group of friends
that wanted to chat somewhere without
the possibility of randos joining or
something.

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