Network Relay

Overview

CuckooNET is the official home of #distributed, the distributed.net IRC channel. #distributed has migrated to CuckooNET from efnet, where it has lived since January 1997. In order to ease the transition, #distributed (and the various other distributed.net channels) are currently dual-homed on both efnet and CuckooNET.

The dctirelay bot exists on both networks and relays channel traffic between the two networks. This allows users on either network the simplest method of cross-network communication.

Simplifying Use

The scripts below will make the relay less obtrusive. Since IRC display and formatting is a very personal aspect of your client configuration, there are several flavors of script for some IRC client software. Please experiment to see which style best suits you.

BitchX

    # these triggers make the efnet<-->cuckoonet dctirelay operation
    # more transparent.  users on the other side of the relay are only
    # distinguishable by the color of the line now.
    #
    # ditch the "[$Z]" parts if you don't use timestamps.

    on ^public "dctirelay %" {
      /echo [$Z]$2 $3-
    }
    on ^action "dctirelay %" {
      /echo [$Z]<$4->
    }

       - nugget@distributed.net

epic

    on ^public "dctirelay #distributed *" {xecho -w $winchan($1) $2-}
    on ^action "dctirelay #distributed indicates that *" {xecho -w $winchan($1) * $4-}

       - Q-

mIRC

    on ^1:TEXT:<*>*:#distributed:if ($nick == dctirelay) { echo #distributed $1- | haltdef }
    on ^1:ACTION:*indicates that*:#distributed: if ($nick == dctirelay) { /echo #distributed * $3- | haltdef }

       - Lithron

    on ^1:TEXT:<*>*:#distributed:if ($nick == dctirelay) { /echo -t #distributed $1- | haltdef }
    on ^1:ACTION:*indicates that*:#distributed: if ($nick == dctirelay) { /echo 6 -t #distributed * $3- | haltdef }

       - Alternate syntax from Sponge with color/timestamp support

    on ^1:TEXT:<*>*:#:if ($nick == dctirelay) { /echo -t [ $chan ] D $+ $1-  | haltdef }
    on ^1:ACTION:*indicates that*:#: if ($nick == dctirelay) { /echo 6 -t [ $chan ] D $+ * $3- | haltdef }

       - Froggie (prefixes all irc.d.net messages with a single D and
                  not limited to just #distributed.)