by Raven on Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:43 pm
Eggdrops are usually used to help maintain a channel on IRC. Networks like EFNet with no network services are where eggdrops are mainly used to hold operator status so the human operator can use the bot to give himself/herself ops. (Chanserv alternative)
Eggdrops can also be linked together to create a botnet. Botnets can be setup to share the same user file and/or channel list. Instead of adding a user/channel on each bot, a botnet can share this information on all the bots by adding this information on the botnet hub.
Eggdrops also support tcl scripting. Some interesting features would be a google.tcl, weather.tcl, and quotes.tcl which would be able to search google.com, check the weather in your area, and remember quotes on the IRC channel.