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#97378 11/09/04 08:47 PM
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hello again,

i was wondering if someone would be able to lend me a little insight on the appropriate of $chantypes + maybe an example?

the mirc help really only just touches on it a tiny bit..(not help at all really, imo )

thanks in advance

#97379 11/09/04 11:12 PM
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The identifier $chantypes is set when you connect to a network and is collected from the following line that is sent from the network to you on connecting;

:server.network.net 005 nickname NOQUIT SAFELIST MODES=6 MAXCHANNELS=15 MAXBANS=100 NICKLEN=30 TOPICLEN=307 KICKLEN=307 [color:red]CHANTYPES=#
PREFIX=(ov)@+ SILENCE=10 :are available on this server
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What it does, is tell you which types of channels are avaliable, the most common channel type is # however some networks support &channel, so you can;

/join #channel
/join &channel

On some networks you might find &channels are SERVER based, i.e. if you are on server2 in &channel and someone else is on server1 in &channel, you will NOT be able to see each other.

However if you are both on server1 in &channel, you will.. #channels are usually network based, i.e. everyone on the network will see each other. Saying that, this depends ENTIRELY on the server and can differ.

Examples;

/server mesra.dal.net - DALnet, supports only #channels, /join #channel

/server irc.quaknet.org - Quakenet, supports both #channels and &channel; /join #channel, however /join &channel is stopped by certain (perhaps all) servers when you attempt to join.

/server irc.undernet.org - Undernet, allows you to join both types of channels freely.

Eamonn.

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thanks Coolkill

i appreciate the info

#97381 11/09/04 11:20 PM
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Your welcome, see the examples above.

Eamonn.


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