On Monday 17 November 2003 4:35 pm, Jeffrey Laramie wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, what exactly is the difference between an IRC
> server and an IRC proxy?
>
> Client connects to server
> Client connects to proxy
>
> Server relays
> Proxy relays
>
> Hmmm.
In that case I simply don't know enough about the IRC protocol (which is
true).
It sounds like SMTP to me - there's no such thing as an SMTP proxy, because
that is what an SMTP server is. Perhaps this is the ideal answer to the
original question :) ?
Antony.
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