New to IRC, need help
reddit / irc

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BBloggsbott · 2019-03-04 13:36

Hi, I am new to using irc. I have one question. How do I read the
conversations that took place when I was disconnected from the server?

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Rowaan · 2019-03-04 13:49

You can't. You can only see the conversation when connected.

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BBloggsbott · 2019-03-04 13:53

Oh. Okay. Thank you.

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Kaweni · 2019-03-04 14:35

You could use a Bouncer! Its like a bot that is connected for you all
the time and when you connect to it, you can read what your Bouncer
recorded for you.

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Borginjo · 2019-03-04 15:20

Try with znc bouncer

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hugotroll · 2019-03-04 16:37

If you have a spare laptop/pc that you’re willing to build and use as
a server or have access to one, screen + irssi is my personal
recommendation.

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[deleted] · 2019-03-04 17:27

This question is charming and cute :)

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RoanHQ · 2019-03-04 23:00

Welcome to 1998

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ovigia · 2019-03-05 09:47

You can also use riot matrix with the irc bot

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aliusmander · 2019-03-05 22:45

Here is the [Wikipedia
article](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_(software\)#IRC) that
explains what it is more thoroughly.

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damonnz · 2019-03-17 03:14

You can use something like [IRCcloud](https://IRCcloud.com) \- join a
channel(s) on a network(s) & it keeps you continuously connected
(barring any problems on the IRC server itself of course) so you can
check in on it anytime and scroll back through past messages. Can be
accessed from website or apps.

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damonnz · 2019-03-18 08:43

Wrong. (see other replies).