[Cialug] irc proxy

[Paul Gray]

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Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> A couple times a year I wish I could disconnect from IRC and not miss
> interesting things going on. I've heard of IRC proxies and the way I
> understand it, they allow your nic to remain connected all the time
> and your client connects and disconnects from the proxy at will. While
> disconnected the proxy shows you as away (or something) and when you
> re-connected you somehow catch-up with what you missed.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this type of product? For me IRC
> is like (or more important) than my telephone and I just don't have
> the ability to do much trial and error.
> 
> The IRC client I use is pidgin. What happens when you use this type of
> product and reconnect after a weekend, do you suddenly get flooded
> with all of the backlog? Can anyone recommend a particular IRC proxy I
> can run on my own personal (Ubuntu 6.06) server?
> 

Nothing like a text-based solution to an otherwise convoluted problem:

"screen irssi"


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