Subj : Pirc with Synchronet
To   : Mit
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 23 2006 06:42 pm

  Re: Pirc with Synchronet
  By: Mit to All on Tue May 23 2006 03:47 pm

 > I run a irc network along with my synch bbs, on seperate sister domains. I'v
 > always wanted someway to have a irc bot display stats about the bbs. Say if 
 > new user signed up, someone posted something new on the forums, a new file
 > was added to the library or even when someone logs in to the board.
 > 
 > I stumbled apon this today: http://www.jibble.org/pircbot.php
 > 
 > Looks like someone already had a simular idea. I've seen this used for forum
 > on a website. When ever someone posts a new topic or replies to an existing
 > one. It notifies the set IRC Channel about that post.
 > 
 > Being the programming newbie, i have the slightest clue about Java. Anyone
 > have any exp with this and making some type of notification system with this
 > type of code?

That's probably over-kill. You don't actually need a 'bot' if you just want to
send messages to a channel. See exec/ircmsg.js for an example. This script is
how "cvs commit" messages are automatically posted in the #synchronet channel
on irc.synchro.net.

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