Can an #IRC #bot impersonate users? As in, I'd like said "virtual" users to be able to be messaged directly (/msg), without needing to have the bot log in as each of them.
I can't speak for the terms of service of the servers, but if your single bot multiplexes over multiple connections it could theoretically do this with the irc protocol, but otherwise i am not aware of other ways to do this. been a while since i wrote irc protocol clients
@exa I'm not trying to make any value statement on the idea of doing this, just I think this would be the only way to accomplish that and technically possible
@KF0UNK yeah running connection for each nick will ofc work (at least until you hit some random spam protection limit or so) but that might not scale easily
Neil E. Hodges
in reply to Neil E. Hodges • •/msg), without needing to have the bot log in as each of them.mirek kratochvil
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in reply to KFO̸UNK • • •I'm not trying to make any value statement on the idea of doing this, just I think this would be the only way to accomplish that and technically possible
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I was unclear if a lot of chanels would work too.
I would not recommend either of those on public servers, but they aren't technically challenging.
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