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Re: TI-H: linux...
This is to both You and David Knaack... no reason to send off two messages.
One, it IS an IRC server. Just because the client is heavily modified doesn't
keep it from being and IRC server.
Umodes are limited, as are cmodes and so on. The extra text is very much
optional, like the mIRC color codes. ppl on ircII would see it as control
characters in the mIRC example, and HTML in the AOL example.
I could set up an IRC server, only allow connections from specific
subnets/clients, and make each and every one of you think that it was a non-IRC
chat system, but it would be. The protocols are 100% exactly the same. All AOL
did was heavily mask them over so that no one from the outside would really
notice. Of course, if I bothered with AOL, I might even get a chance to prove
this from their server. Just because there are some added features (like spaces
in room/channel names), and some taken away (like anything useful beyond just
chat), doesn't make it non-IRC. However, outside access to their chat system
would make AOL even more useless than it already is. That's why they limit
access.
I'm also pretty sure that you need to connect to the AOL server only if you're on
a dialup. Otherwise, you can't, seeing as you're already on a network. You can
just irc from a normal server at that point.
Internal chat rooms = tightly regulated/isolated channels.
TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:
> > Duh... the entire chat system is an IRC client. I wouldn't be suprised
> > if the IM system is little more than the IRC /msg protocol with minor
> > modifications. But, if you dial into aol (NOT a TCP/IP connection into
> > your account, although I like those), you can run mIRC/VIRC/BitchX
> > (win32 port) and connect to irc02.irc.aol.com and join any chat room,
> > although I think there's a little bit of work involved in doing so.
> > But, the chat system is genuine IRC.
>
> Actually, you are totally 100% wrong. I doubt if the creators of the AOL
> chat thingy have even heard of IRC (the bastards). You can see this
> just by actually using the AOL chat thingy (which I prefer not to do).
> Also, your IRC client works just like it would on any other ISP as long
> as your parental control setting is at general (explained in a prior letter).
> The only difference is that you are k-lined from 90% of the servers and
> banned from 90% of the channels because of your hostmask (.aol.com).
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