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IRC Services

Christophe Kalt

$Id: SERVICE.sgml,v 1.4 1997/09/03 20:33:25 kalt Exp $

The IRC protocol described in RFC 1459 defines two types of connections (client, and server). A third type was introduced with version 2.9 of the IRC software: service connections. This document describes what services are, and how to use them.

1. A new type of connection

1.1 A bit client
1.2 A bit server
1.3 Really unique

2. What users see

2.1 &SERVICES
2.2 SERVLIST
2.3 SQUERY

3. How to set up a service

3.1 Compile time option for the server
3.2 Glossary
3.3 Signing on as a service
3.4 Requesting data from the server

4. General notes for server and service administrators

4.1 User privacy
4.2 Guidelines
4.3 Flood control

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