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(meteorobs) Re: irc




Hello again fellow meteor-heads! Well I got ahold of Kip and his answer to the
irc follows. Hope to see ya'll there sometime!
Dan
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>Hi Dan,
>
>The irc channel is just a medium. It is the intent of the participants that
>makes it a meeting place. When all involved agree on, or are informed of, a
>time and place on irc to meet,  then everyone simply begins to gather at
>that place at that time ... efnet, dalnet, etc. ... 
>
>The first one to type in "/join #whatever" begins that channel on that
>server and is the channel operator. He/she can 'op' others - and should,
>since trouble can arise out of nowhere (you will find that out with
>experience).  When everyone leaves, the channel does not exist anymore.
>
>That is the beauty of irc, you can make arrangements on your mailing list
>to meet at this place and time.... and no one outside of that circle has
>the information to crash the party.  
>
>There is no way to 'establish' a channel (other than the above) except for
>utilizing a 'robot'. That is way above my head, and most servers do not
>allow that.
>
>My knowledge is somewhat limited, but I do know where to find answers. So
>go for it, meet people and have fun!! If I can help further, let me know!
>
>Kip
>
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>> From: Dan Harriman <kc5gxl@pnx.com>
>> To: kip@theoak.com
>> Subject: irc
>> Date: Saturday, February 08, 1997 10:02 PM
>> 
>> Hello Kip;
>>    Been just a lurking lately. Enjoying the mail. I belong to several
>other
>> lists as I'm sure that many of the other listers do. Any way, on one of
>the
>> lists, we are thinking about getting on irc. The question to you is, How
>do
>> we go about getting a channel? Do we just go to irc and someone puts down
>> the name of the channel and everyone else goes there and talks, or is
>there
>> some unforseen thing that we must do first? I know that we all have to be
>> hooked up to the same kind of server, effnet or what have you, but don't
>> know much anything else.
>>    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Dan
 






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