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--- help:connecting:login-on-connect [2008/07/09 19:26] – added irssi info beta
+++ help:connecting:login-on-connect [2025/06/30 18:19] (current) – rubin
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 ====== Login On Connect (LOC) ======
+===== STOP: Login On Connect is now Deprecated =====
+Please use [[help:connecting:sasl|SASL]] now, it is much better!
 ===== General =====
 {{  help:irc:loc_screeny.png}}
-The Login-on-Connect (LOC) feature allows you to pre-login while connecting to AfterNET. Using Login-on-Connect bypasses you from RBL scans and hides your hostname before anyone can see your real IP address. We recommend everyone give it a try.
+The Login-on-Connect (LOC) was a feature that allows you to pre-login while connecting to AfterNET. Using Login-on-Connect bypasses you from RBL scans and hides your hostname before anyone can see your real IP address. It has been replaced by the now standard [[help:connecting:sasl|SASL]] method which is much easier for users to use and is now supported nearly everywhere.
+The old LOC mechanism still works, for compatibility with old clients, and is documented here still:
-To use Login-on-Connect, you must first have an AfterNET AuthServ Account. [[https://www.afternet.org/?do=register|Register for one here]] if you don't already have one.
+To use Login-on-Connect, you must first have an AfterNET AuthServ Account. [[help:register|Register for one here]] if you don't already have one.
 Login-on-connect uses the "server password" feature built into most IRC clients. All you do is put your specially formatted login information into the server password box like this:
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 ===== Client Specific Instructions: =====
   * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:mirc|Detailed instructions]] for mIRC users.
-  * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:xchat|Detailed instructions]] for XChat users.
+  * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:xchat|Detailed instructions]] for HEXChat users.
   * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:irssi|Detailed instructions]] for irssi users.