[IRCServices] "channel doesn't exist"

[Pinto, Joao Luis (J.)]

I think this is a little hard reply Andy at least when there is a reasonable
number of people trying to make service clients join channels. 
The explanation o the "channels doesn't exist follow":
Services just create the channel in is internal channel list when they get
the first JOIN message to that channel from the server they are connected
to, if you have a empty channel and you issue "/OperServ RAW :ChanServ JOIN
#Chan", the services will send a JOIN message to the server saying Chanserv
joined #Chan, however they will not create locally the channel (because like
I saide before they just create when they receive a JOIN message, not when
they receive), when you make the /ChanServ invite #chan, services will
search for that channel on their internal channel list, result: Channel
doesnt exist.

Easly Speaking: Services didn't saw anyone entering the channel so channel
does not exist. :)

Regards, João Pinto
> App. Dev. & Integration Group - Information Systems Dept.
> Visteon Portugal (Palmela) - An Enterprise of Ford Motor Company
> 
*	E-Mail: jpinto9 at visteon.com
*	Phone: 01-2339323
*	Outside Portugal: 351-1-2339323
*	FordNet: 8-233-9323



-----Original Message-----
From: achurch at dragonfire.net [mailto:achurch at dragonfire.net]
Sent: domingo, 19 de setembro de 1999 15:33
To: ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org
Subject: Re: [IRCServices] "channel doesn't exist"


>Hi there!
>
>I've sent Chanserv into "#services" (cmode +ntli). Chanserv is the only
>one in there...
>
>> ChanServ is services at bundynet.lan
>> on channels: #services
>
>Problem is, that I can't join #services or change modes on it:
>
>> (chanserv)] invite #services
>> -ChanServ- Channel #services doesn't exist.

     Did you use the RAW command?  If so, read the documentation on the
RAW command.  Then read it again.  Notice the part that says "This
command... can wreak havoc on a network if used improperly"?  There's
your answer.

     Put another way, Services does absolutely no interpretation of RAW
commands (nor is there any reason it should), so it has no way of
knowing you sent ChanServ into a channel.

  --Andrew Church
    achurch at dragonfire.net
    <A  HREF="http://achurch.dragonfire.net/">http://achurch.dragonfire.net/</A>
---------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo at ender.shadowfire.org
with "unsubscribe ircservices" in the body, without the quotes.
---------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo at ender.shadowfire.org
with "unsubscribe ircservices" in the body, without the quotes.