New channel not displayed in Freenode channel list
reddit / irc

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localhorse · 2011-08-23 01:49

In the last few months, I've been (slowly) working on my website,
which contains various open-source projects and HOWTOs. I wanted to
have an IRC channel associated with the site, in case people want to
join it and ask questions about the various projects I'll be working
on. I've registered the channel with ChanServ, set the topic, I'm
pretty sure I set it be a 'public' channel so it's visible to others
(-s).

I really don't know a lot about the specifics of channel management
with IRC. When I do a /list to list all Freenode channels, my channel
does not show up on the list. I'm assuming it should, with what I've
done already. If not, I'd like to know how to get it listed. (It also
doesn't show up when I do a /whois [channel name], but neither do
other channels I've tried, so I assume that's normal?)

What am I doing wrong? The channel is #noware, but I will be driving
home for the next few hours and won't be able to respond in-channel. I
left a bot in there so the channel stays open, if that helps identify
the problem.

Thanks in advance. I'd really appreciate any insight anyone has.

EDIT: I'm noticing now something that may be useful in diagnosing
this. When I do /mode #noware, it just tells me +cnt. However, I've
set MLOCK with ChanServ to +cnt-is. I've also made myself an op and
done /mode #noware +cnt-is. However, no matter what I do, /mode
#noware still shows only +cnt. I think this may be my problem. Any
suggestions would be very helpful.

Yet another EDIT: I just noticed, upon joining the channel, that
ChanServ is setting it to +ct-s. So it's definitely not set to be a
secret or private channel. I don't know why /mode shows different, but
if it's not set -s then it's through no fault of ChanServ. Still
nothing showing up in the list, though.

**SOLVED: I'm a dummy. Apparently it wasn't showing channels I was a
part of in the list. Thanks for the help, everyone!**

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mrw0rm · 2011-08-23 10:59

What client are you using to get a list? Some clients [e.g. mIRC]
don't show channels with less than certain amount of people in [mIRC
used to have like 2 or 3 by default]. Can you see other channels with
same amount of people?

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localhorse · 2011-08-23 11:37

I'm using epic, but thanks very much for the tip. I had no idea this
was the case. I looked at the epic docs, and if I go /list -min 1 it
will show me all channels with a minimum of 1 user. However, I still
saw nothing in the list.

Your suggestion got me thinking, though, and I logged on as a
different user, and tried listing from there. It must not show me
channels that I am a part of, because as the 2nd user, #noware showed
up in the list.

Thanks for getting the ol' gears turning in my head!

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Paradox · 2011-08-23 21:42

FYI: Most people don't read list, as it gives them way too many
channels

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knoeki · 2011-08-23 23:10

I use it, depending on the network.

On the network where my own channel resides, I just check to see how
high up in the list it is.

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[deleted] · 2011-08-23 23:39

I wouldn't worry too much about Freenode's channel list. It's far too
massive to be of use to anyone looking for a smaller channel.

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localhorse · 2011-08-24 01:31

I was just concerned that the channel not showing up in the list was a
symptom of something else I had set up wrong (like I said, I'm not too
familiar with the channel modes or ChanServ or anything along those
lines).

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Paradox · 2011-08-24 04:17

Freenode has a list serv, but I can't remember what it is for the life
of me.

Basically, it lets you do a /msg listserv part-of-chan-name, and it
returns all matches