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   AD> No because IRC would be even more dead than it already is. If IRC is our   
   AD> #1 means of chat/contact with others that use the bbs-scene.org   
   AD> technology, we shouldn't step on it's feet, so to speak.. It's one or the   
   AD> other, for me.. and I'm already choosing IRC since I haven't used a IM   
   AD> client in years and don't care to. :)   
      
   I can understand that argument.  My main idea is opening up the xmpp server   
   so that you could do something like what Synchronet does with sending   
   messages to online users on other Synchronet systems.  This would allow   
   other bbs packages to do the same.   
      
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