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From: clobot@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Roth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: IRC Chat on Dec 15 (and beyond?)
Message-ID: <1990Dec16.235213.29383@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 16 Dec 90 23:52:13 GMT
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In article <90350.042244AABENSON@MTUS5.BITNET> <AABENSON@MTUS5.BITNET> writes:
>Port 6666?  That's odd... everywhere else it's port 6667.

yes, it is.  It is very handy as anyone (I think) that has telnet
access can simply type:
	telnet irc-server.engin.umich.edu 6666
(assuming some sort of unix machine)
and suddenly be running irc, without even logging in.
For ex: I can do it from MERIT, the computer network here in michigan,
without logging into anything at all.

Perhaps a list of such sites might be useful for the next time we try this?
If people send me (email) their sites I will compile such a list and post
it 3 days before the next meeting.  In this way we might avoid problems
like a certain site not having enough ports to handle all the users,
and/or network traffic (we may be able to find sites closer to our location,
and thus increase screen update time.)

Any thoughts about this?
clobot@caen.engin.umich.edu
Steve Roth