I remember using it a lot a few years ago in the early 2000s and I wonder if that’s still used…?

If it is, which client should one be using?

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    1 year ago

    I use it, but due to it being more cumbersome, I go to IRC first. If I can’t find it on IRC, I can usually get it from DC++.

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        1 year ago

        There are IRC/XDCC search engines. I don’t know their exact method of scraping IRC servers, but they kinda work.

        Also, if you know the right servers and channels, most have some kind of search index or bot.

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        1 year ago

        Not joking. There are sites like sunxdcc for searching from the web, and otherwise, !s in chats to search. Works great, honestly.

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        1 year ago

        Little bit of both. Usually I start with sunxdcc and xdcc.eu, but if I can’t find it, I search in the chats. Sometimes not all packs are listed and the search engines.

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          1 year ago

          Thanks for the answer. That’s mostly been my strategy as well. Sunxdcc has some stuff indexed that xdcc.eu is missing, it seems. Do you know of any networks/channels that are not even indexed by these sites?