[Cialug] irc proxy

[chris]

> 
> 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?
> 


Looks like irssi has a proxy module that may do what you are after as well as allow the reconnecting with screen:

http://www.garion.org/irssi/irssi-proxy.php

http://pthree.org/2007/01/06/irssi-proxy/