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   On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:45:06 -0500   
   "Rick V" (VERT)  wrote:   
      
   >   Re: Question on Services and IRC   
   >   By: phigan to Rick V on Thu Apr 24 2025 10:33:57   
   >    
   >  ph> It's a chat server, so you could have a client always connected   
   >  ph> to it and have a client on your BBS that connects to it... then   
   >  ph> whoever is on the BBS and runs the IRC client can chat with   
   >  ph> whoever else is connected with their own IRC client (doesn't   
   >  ph> have to be the BBS, but it could be even another BBS). Probably   
   >  ph> doesn't add that much value unless your users are into that sort   
   >  ph> of thing... I like to use it to pass URLs between different old   
   >  ph> computers ;).     
   >    
   > I get it. So as a BBS user or Sysop, there's really no reason to load   
   > that service then, so as a logon user you can just IRC from within   
   > the BBS.   
      
   As Digital Man says, there's plenty of servers already but if you do   
   want to run the IRC server, out of curiosity or whatever, you can use   
   the ircdcfg.js script to help configure your ircd.ini file. Also, make   
   sure you configure RBLs with dnsbl.dronebl.org being the minimum to   
   help block unwanted bots and spam connections.   
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