>>>I'm looking into running an IRC server -- if it pans out and isn't too much of a resource hog; I'll post a URL...
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>>Great! Is anyone else interested in being able to have a Chat with their colleages that isn't controled by an IRC Script?
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>I have a firewall at my job. Does it mean I can go to chat through IRC? I just never tried and don't know, what to do...

Try. :)