[03] IS THERE A CHAT SERVER OR FORUM ON SDF? Yes, there are several ways to interact (chat) in real time with users locally: write - links and displays text on a specified user's TTY (commands cannot be sent to the user's TTY) msg - send messages between users on local or remote SDF servers Also will email messages if a user is not logged in. commode - SDF's official interactive chat system (local and remote) irc - irc.freeshell.org 6667 (SSL via port 6697) For passive communication there are also several ways to interact in threaded discussions locally: notes - send a message to a user to be displayed at login bboard - SDF's official bulletin board system usenet - sdf.* are local groups accessible via rn/trn/tin/pine emacs rnews, slrn and other NNTP readers webforum - Part of the secure webmail system which is accessible via https://wm.sdf.org/bbs sdf-jp.org - SDF's Japanese site with its own webforum which supports the Japanese language input method. sdfclub.cn - (external site) A Chinese language webforum |
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