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Subject: rxIRC 4.1 - IRC client for VM/CMS 370 systems
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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.vm-util,alt.irc.announce,de.comm.internet,de.talk.chat
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Keywords: IRC rxIRC rexx vm cms internet bitnet rexx/socket
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Introducing rxIRC:
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rxIRC is a client software for VM to connect to the IRC network, the
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Internet Relay Chat, which nowadays counts an average of 3000 users online
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day and night, from all over the world, therefore being the biggest
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international interactive conferencing system on the planet.
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You can make use of this program only if you have access to a machine
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with VM/CMS-type operating system with TCPIP extension installed. To find
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out you logon and type 'CP QUERY TCPIP', if it replies 'TCPIP - DSC' then
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chances are good, otherwise check up with your administration.
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rxIRC is a program written in interpreted RexX, a rather easy to learn
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language that gives you a chance to add own features if you miss something
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or modify things you dislike. rxIRC supports the complete set of standard
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IRC client commands plus a bunch of extras and is more or less up to date
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with the current state of development of the IRC protocol.
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New features in rxIRC 2.1:
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* /notify - Finally it's in, thanks to Michael Letourneau
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* builtin WWW server, secure and stable!
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* /export to specify what files are available for WWW, typically /export *.html
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* /omit - Filter channel talk that you don't want to listen to
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* Support for server passwords
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* The CONNECT RXIRC script is sourced right after you connect to a server
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* Small fixes and protocol parsing updates
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Requirements:
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The TCPIP handling of rxIRC is done with help of RXSOCKET version 2.
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You need to have this package installed, or at least the basic modules.
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There are some restrictions concerning the use of RXSOCKET:
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- The new version is not compatible to the old one, if you have
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programs using version 1 they won't work when you install version 2.
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- VM TCP/IP version 2 is required.
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- rxIRC should run on CMS 3 up to 9 (370, XA, ESA or XC MACHINE modes)
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If you are going to install rxIRC on a big public disk, you probably
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want to install the complete REXX/SOCKET package. You can do so by issueing
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TELL LISTSERV AT CUNYVM GET RXSOCKET PACKAGE. Beware that you will be sent
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the beauty of over 80 files after this!
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If you want to run rxIRC just by yourself, and RXSOCKET isn't available
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already (rxIRC tells you so) then merely issue these commands to get the
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modules:
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TELL LISTSERV AT CUNYVM GET RXSOCKET MODULE
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TELL LISTSERV AT CUNYVM GET REXXWAIT MODULE
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rxIRC itself can be obtained from:
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<Internet>
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Europe:
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[Home Site] ftp ftp.m.biologie.tu-muenchen.de (129.187.220.2 or .9)
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mget /pub/comp/rxirc/*.*
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[Finland] ftp nic.funet.fi
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mget /pub/unix/irc/rxirc/*.*
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America: ftp ftp.iastate.edu
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mget /pub/irc/clients/rxirc/2.0/*.*
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Australia: ftp coombs.anu.edu.au
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mget /pub/irc/rxirc/*.*
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rxIRC installers are invited to join the rxIRC mailing list by sending a
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'SUB RXIRC-L <your-full-name>' command to LISTSERV AT VMTECQRO.
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