> > bas's suggestion would. My scheme would drop the A server<->server token
> > and use the M token instead. A few more bytes than bas's scheme, but the
> > advantage would be that everyone everywhere would see that the user is
> > away, though they wouldn't be able to see the away message until
> > bas wrote:
> > >instead of a umode +a, maybe broadcasting a short fake away string like
> > >"-"? saving on umode chars and hassle... (making the "is away" remote
> > >whois only must be done first anyway)
> >
> > Wouldn't that still leave HIS broken (since the local server and remote
> > serve
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Kev wrote:
> > Would "AXAAA A :" break the protocol?
>
> That also results in a "no longer away" status.
There are different parsers for messages from servers and messages from
users. Why not take advantage of them? If older ircu will send "AXAAA
A :", then the change could
> Would "AXAAA A :" break the protocol?
That also results in a "no longer away" status.
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Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > instead of a umode +a, maybe broadcasting a short fake away
> > > string like
> > > "-"? saving on umode chars and hassle... (making the "is away" remote
> > > whois only must be done first anyway)
> >
> > I believe IRCnet already uses mode +a to indicate away status, and
> > perhaps some ot
On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 06:38, Tom Rons wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bas
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:04 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Coder-Com]
> > instead of a umode +a, maybe broadcasting a short fake away
> > string like
> > "-"? saving on umode chars and hassle... (making the "is away" remote
> > whois only must be done first anyway)
>
> I believe IRCnet already uses mode +a to indicate away status, and
> perhaps some other nets too,
> Kev wrote:
> > > I recommend storing the away message locally only, making it only
> > > available on a /whois , and using a user mode (+a) to
> > > mark the user away remotely. This should solve our HIS problems
> > > with away messages. (Plain away messages also had potential for
> > > break
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bas
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Coder-Com] away not updating on remote servers
>
> instead of a umode +a, maybe broadc
Isomer wrote:
> > If people set themselves /away multiple times only the first is
> > broadcast to all servers. If I had my way, we wouldn't broadcast
/away
> > at all :)
>
Kev wrote:
> I recommend storing the away message locally only, making it only
> available on a /whois , and using a user m
Kev wrote:
>
> > If people set themselves /away multiple times only the first is
> > broadcast to all servers. If I had my way, we wouldn't broadcast /away
> > at all :)
>
> I recommend storing the away message locally only, making it only
> available on a /whois , and using a user mode (+a)
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> > If people set themselves /away multiple times only the first is
> > broadcast to all servers. If I had my way, we wouldn't broadcast /away
> > at all :)
>
> I recommend storing the away message locally only, making it only
> available on a /whois
> If people set themselves /away multiple times only the first is
> broadcast to all servers. If I had my way, we wouldn't broadcast /away
> at all :)
I recommend storing the away message locally only, making it only
available on a /whois , and using a user mode (+a) to
mark the user away remote
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
> I notice that when a user sets their away message it propagates to the
> remote servers. If a user does not clear their away message, but sets it
> to a new one, it updates on the local server *only*. Remote servers still
> hold the old away mes
You're absolutely right. This breaks HIS.
> I notice that when a user sets their away message it propagates to the
> remote servers. If a user does not clear their away message, but sets it
> to
> a new one, it updates on the local server *only*. Remote servers still
> hold
> the old away mes
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