+1 for matrix.org. I use Riot <https://riot.im/app> and the Android app. The IRC bridge is still a bit flaky but it seems more reliable than a bouncer. If you do go the bouncer route, I recommend firrre <https://firrre.com/>. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Gabriel Wicke &lt;gwicke(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote:

On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 7:44 AM, MAYANK JINDAL &lt;mayank.jindal5(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: This isn't really a new problem. Some people use bouncers [1] to solve this. Other people just don't care about messages when they are not online (If someone really wants to talk to you asynchronously they can wait until you are back online, or leave a message on your talk page, or send you an email, or use MEMOSERV, etc). On most Wikimedia tech channels you can also find old messages at http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/logs/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZNC -- Brian

An issue was raised about only seeing IRC messages while logged in, however the WMF does publicly log several of their channels, so that is a moot point

Depends on how you define easy. http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/logs/%23mediawiki/ is a recording of everything in #mediawiki by date, oldest at the top, newest at the bottom. I would consider that fairly easy. On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Cyken Zeraux &lt;cykenzeraux(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

Cyken Zeraux &lt;cykenzeraux(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: For ERC, I have the sniplet: | (defun erc-cmd-TODAYSLOG nil | "Show today's log for current channel in a new buffer." | (let* | ((ch (erc-default-target)) | (todays-date (format-time-string "%Y%m%d")) | (url (concat "http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/logs/" (url-hexify-string ch) "/" todays-date ".txt")) | (logbuffername (concat "*Today's log for " ch "*"))) | (url-retrieve url | (lambda (status logbuffername) | (let | ((url-buffer (current-buffer))) | (switch-to-buffer logbuffername) | (goto-char (point-min)) | (url-insert url-buffer) | (delete-region (point) (point-max)) | (goto-char (point-min)) | (insert (erc-controls-interpret (buffer-string))) | (delete-region (point) (point-max)) | (kill-buffer url-buffer))) | (list logbuffername)))) which makes "/todayslog" pop up a buffer with the log for the current channel and day (there is also "/yesterdayslog"). However, I consider IRC communications to be transient, much like conversations in an office. When one comes back from a break or holiday, one does not listen to recordings of all the chit-chat that happened since leaving. If something im- portant has been discussed, then it is the duty of those having discussed it to inform those who need to know in a condensed and comprehensive manner. If it was not impor- tant, well, then it was not important. Tim