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Extremely fast dcc transfers
Extremely low cpu usage, and reasonable ram usage
It's a program not a script that is slowed by a bulky irc program
Only completed transfers are counted
Supports dcc resume
Set max amount of transfers per hostname
User friendly error messages for users (no "clamp timeout")
Allows a pack to be designated as a "high demand" pack which can have special limitations and its own separate queue
Supports virtual hosts
Auto-send feature, send a pack to someone when they say something
Auto-saves xdcc information
Remote administration via /msg or DCC CHAT
Bandwidth monitoring, shows last 2 minutes bandwidth average
Allow sending of queued packs when using low amounts of bandwidth, comes in handy when all slots are filled with people transferring 1k/sec, will keep sending out queued items while bandwidth usage is under a specified amount
Background or Foreground mode. background mode does not require screen and is cronable
Chroot support (run iroffer from inside a chroot'ed environment)
Overall and pack minspeed
Maximum bandwidth limiting, when set, iroffer will not use more than the set amount of bandwidth (keeps your sysadmin happy)
Can set different maximum bandwidth limits depending on time of day and day of week (keeps your sysadmin very happy)
Logging
Auto-ignores flooders
Support for direct, bnc, wingate, and custom proxy irc server connections
Ignore list

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Pictures, Music, Programs, Shareware/Freeware, Programs you have written, etc...
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Page last modified: 07/04/04





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