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I think IRC won't support offline messages as it somehow conflicts with the whole protocol. You can achieve this with your own setup via ZNC, but then you need

by nextos 11y ago

I think IRC won't support offline messages as it somehow conflicts with the whole protocol. You can achieve this with your own setup via ZNC, but then you need a server running 24x7. IRC will hopefully stay as the preferred option for technical discussions, but we will need something else for personal communication (with increased privacy too). We have XMPP, which is complex, lacking and has too much client fragmentation. And emerging things such as Signal, Tox, Ring or Matrix. It's a challenge to implement offline messages and P2P. Even server federation is not easy if you want really nice crypto. E.g., see Signal.

RubyPinch 11y ago
To give a usecase where tagging/requesting/etc offline messages is useful: using ZNC. instead one currently needs to shell into their ZNC box and start grepping through logs, not pleasant (there is a backlog module, however it required a bit of silly configuration and didn't support getting anything other than chat lines)
- jeena 11y ago
  Perhaps I configured it wrongly but when I forget to close my IRC client at work then ZNC is not buffering and showing me anything on the other clients when I log in.
  - arm 11y ago
    Yep, you would have to change the settings a bit if you want that behaviour. Connect to your ZNC’s web frontend, and then go to: ZNC » webadmin » Edit User [the name of the user you’re editing] » Edit Network [the name of the network you’re editing] Then checkmark the following: • awaystore¹ (Adds auto-away with logging, useful when you use ZNC from different locations) • simple_away² (This module will automatically set you away on IRC while you are disconnected from the bouncer.) [You probably already have this checked] (This is assuming you’re on ZNC 1.6.1 like me). ―――――― ¹ — http://wiki.znc.in/Simple_away http://wiki.znc.in/Simple_away ² — http://wiki.znc.in/Awaystore http://wiki.znc.in/Awaystore
caf 11y ago
You could add offline messages but they'd have to be account-directed (as in nickserv account) rather than nick-directed.

by nextos 11y ago

RubyPinch 11y ago

To give a usecase where tagging/requesting/etc offline messages is useful: using ZNC. instead one currently needs to shell into their ZNC box and start grepping through logs, not pleasant (there is a backlog module, however it required a bit of silly configuration and didn't support getting anything other than chat lines)

jeena 11y ago
Perhaps I configured it wrongly but when I forget to close my IRC client at work then ZNC is not buffering and showing me anything on the other clients when I log in.
- arm 11y ago
  Yep, you would have to change the settings a bit if you want that behaviour. Connect to your ZNC’s web frontend, and then go to: ZNC » webadmin » Edit User [the name of the user you’re editing] » Edit Network [the name of the network you’re editing] Then checkmark the following: • awaystore¹ (Adds auto-away with logging, useful when you use ZNC from different locations) • simple_away² (This module will automatically set you away on IRC while you are disconnected from the bouncer.) [You probably already have this checked] (This is assuming you’re on ZNC 1.6.1 like me). ―――――― ¹ — http://wiki.znc.in/Simple_away http://wiki.znc.in/Simple_away ² — http://wiki.znc.in/Awaystore http://wiki.znc.in/Awaystore

caf 11y ago

You could add offline messages but they'd have to be account-directed (as in nickserv account) rather than nick-directed.