An alternative is to first connect to a remote server and then IRC from there. That is what I do, but for different reasons (so I can keep the channel going in a screen session and therefore be able to scroll back when I reconnect). Dan turned me on to this technique. Roy
On Feb 28, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Andrew Nagy wrote:
My university has blocked the standard IRC port due to massive trojan traffic. Does the freenode.net irc server allow any other non- standard ports? I checked their website, but their is no mention of ports (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.freenode.net +port&btnG=Google+Search) Thanks Andrew
