Subj : Re: Password setting for Irc Client accessing a private irc server
To   : nelgin
From : MRO
Date : Tue Jul 16 2024 10:15 pm

  Re: Re: Password setting for Irc Client accessing a private irc server
  By: nelgin to All on Tue Jul 16 2024 09:27 pm

 > How are people going to get on the IRC server, unless you only want it
 > open to BBS users and you can do that with I:line restrictions anyway,
 > otherwise you have to make a password for every single user who joins?
 > Or you have to give out a common password? Doesn't make sense.


This is a common occurance.  you can join the server with the server's
password. it's not a separate password for each user.

if the client does not support it, they can use a quote command.

it makes total sense. It's to prevent attacks and unwanted users. IRC is known
for these things.

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