From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jun 16 11:02:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA19535 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eternal.dusk.net (root@eternal.dusk.net [205.250.29.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA19473; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:02:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from hochhold@localhost) by eternal.dusk.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA03118; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:54:46 -0300 (ADT) From: Christian Hochhold Message-Id: <199706161754.OAA03118@eternal.dusk.net> Subject: Re: Q) IRC server : &channels ?!? To: ali@groupnet.net (Ali Lomonaco) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:54:46 -0300 (ADT) Cc: ady@ady.warp.starnets.ro, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Ali Lomonaco at "Jun 16, 97 12:00:09 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk &Channels are local server channels - meaning only people using -that particular- server can see & enter those channels, whilst #channel are globally accessable channels. Hope it helps =) Christian > & channels are channels that stay on a server they were started in > and do not float accross the net.y > > On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Penisoara Adrian wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > It's me again with another (probably stupid) question: > > I have installed the irc-2.9.1.16 port from the FreeBSD port collection > > and, after tweaking a bit the ircd.inf to kick it online, I faced a minor > > problem: doing a "/list" while logged in shows 8 channels starting with > > '&': > > > > &LOCAL 1 > > &HASH 1 > > &SERVERS 1 > > &NUMERICS 1 > > &CHANNEL 1 > > &KILLS 1 > > &NOTICES 1 > > &ERRORS 1 > > > > What do these channels stand for and can I hide them ? Any links to > > related documentation/FAQs are appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Ady (@warp.starnets.ro) > > > > > > > >