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Any "tutorial" for using IRC and mailing list? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm talking about GNU here.

I just can't seem to figure out on how to use either of them to communicate. IRCs don't save older messages, but instead logs them. And I guess for the same reason, it is impossible to discuss anything in depth.

Mailing list is really hard to read, as it is nowhere similar to forum or tree-style comments. I can't figure out what mailing list to message to.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I use irssi. When you start it up, if you run:

/lastlog -hilight

It will list the log of messages you received while you were logged out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

No? This will search the logfiles (if irssi is configured to create those at all) for a pattern. This still requires that you had to have an irssi client running and connected to the server/channel in question, during the time the user is afk. Which is why others recommend e.g. setting up ZNC.

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