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Grex Helpers Item 55: IRC and eggdrop FAQ for grex helpers
Entered by kaplan on Sat Mar 29 02:36:01 UTC 1997:

I had a help seeker today ask me about running eggdrop with mirc.  I had no
problem telling him/her that irc and eggdrop would not work on grex.  But he
didn't want to take that for an answer.  (S)he wanted to run eggdrop with mirc
and win95.  We didn't finish discussing it - it said it's mom needed to use
the phone.  So, that said:

What is irc like these days?

What is a bot?

What other bots are there besides eggdrop?

Why do people like bots?

Why do ISPs dislike bots?

What helpful information can we give to people trying to use bots to make them
happy and get them away from grex?

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by valerie on Sun Mar 30 23:44:28 1997:

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#2 of 4 by kaplan on Mon Mar 31 14:29:20 1997:

I remember it saying "No Bots" at least 3 times in the nether.net motd.  
Or myabe it was the newuser text.

So a commedian who doesn't want to spend a lot of time on IRC can 
program a bot instead?  Sounds pretty pointless to me.

Are there "bot free" IRC channels and/or networks for people who prefer 
to chat with actual people instead?  I suspect that's what I'd want if I 
were to spend time on IRC.

#3 of 4 by valerie on Tue Apr 1 04:57:17 1997:

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#4 of 4 by arianna on Mon Apr 21 02:52:14 1997:

*chuckle*  Try nether.net is a good answer.  (;

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