[IRCServices] /notice??

[Aaron Haviland]

This means that services could listen, but could never respond in any
way to a /notice (if they were to conform to the basic IRC guidelines).

Craig Wood said:
> Can some1 please translate this into english ;)
> --
> Craig Wood
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Sean Kelly <smkelly at zombie.org>
> To: <ircservices at ircservices.za.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCServices] /notice??
> 
> 
> > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 05:41:31PM +0100, Craig Wood wrote:
> > > is there a way to make Services listen to /notice's as well as /msg's?
> > > and if not would that be a good thing to look  at in the future?
> > > cya!
> > 
> > RFC1459:
> > 
> > 4.4.2 Notice
> > 
> >       Command: NOTICE
> >    Parameters: <nickname> <text>
> > 
> >    The NOTICE message is used similarly to PRIVMSG.  The difference
> > |  between NOTICE and PRIVMSG is that automatic replies must never be
> > |  sent in response to a NOTICE message.  This rule applies to servers
> >    too - they must not send any error reply back to the client on
> >    receipt of a notice.  The object of this rule is to avoid loops
> >    between a client automatically sending something in response to
> >    something it received.  This is typically used by automatons (clients
> >    with either an AI or other interactive program controlling their
> >    actions) which are always seen to be replying lest they end up in a
> >    loop with another automaton.
> > 
> >    See PRIVMSG for more details on replies and examples.
> > 
> > --
> > Sean Kelly         | PGP KeyID: 77042C7B
> > smkelly at zombie.org | http://www.zombie.org

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