Is Direct Connect still 'a thing'?
Is Direct Connect still 'a thing'?
I remember using it a lot a few years ago in the early 2000s and I wonder if that's still used...?
If it is, which client should one be using?
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I use it, but due to it being more cumbersome, I go to IRC first. If I can't find it on IRC, I can usually get it from DC++.
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Not sure if joking or...? If you're joking it went over my head :)
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Not joking. This all works, probably a lot better than you may think.
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How do you search files on IRC? You're joking, right?
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There are IRC/XDCC search engines. I don't know their exact method of scraping IRC servers, but they kinda work.
Also, if you know the right servers and channels, most have some kind of search index or bot.
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Not joking. There are sites like sunxdcc for searching from the web, and otherwise, !s in chats to search. Works great, honestly.
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Are you using xdcc.eu or sunxdcc.com, or are you searching directly through IRC on each of your preferred servers?
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Little bit of both. Usually I start with sunxdcc and xdcc.eu, but if I can't find it, I search in the chats. Sometimes not all packs are listed and the search engines.
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Thanks for the answer. That's mostly been my strategy as well. Sunxdcc has some stuff indexed that xdcc.eu is missing, it seems. Do you know of any networks/channels that are not even indexed by these sites?
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I don't. I would imagine ones that aren't indexed, probably aren't because they are private, but that's a guess.
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You're probably right about that.
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