*** DPIRC 1.7 ***

Upgrading from earlier Versions
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If you run DPPP, you must use DPIRC and DPIdent from this package, not earlier
versions. If you use DPLink, you must also use its latest version. In general
latest versions of DPPP, DPIRC, DPLink and DPIdent must be used together,
earlier versions are not compatible.

Replace DPIDENT.EXE / DPID32.EXE, DPIRC(32).DLL and DPIRC2.PA with the new
versions.

Copy DPIRC2.INI to your \powrbbs directory.

* move your DPIRC.INI from the \powrbbs directory to the \windows directory *
On networked BBS's have a copy of \windows\dplink.ini on each machine!

New with V 1.7
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The new default installation of DPIRC automatically connects callers to the
Global PowrCHAT network, where they can meet callers of other PowerBBS systems.
Read the enclosed PowrCHAT.RTF to learn all about it.

For first-time-users the GUI version now copies the default 
configuration in DPIRC2.INI from your \powrbbs directory to the caller. You 
can configure a default set of up to 10 server addresses and channel names. If 
DPIRC2.INI doesn't exist in your \powrbbs directory, DPIRC creates one using 
the DefaultServer= and DefaultChannel entries in DPIRC.INI.

The GUI version no longer connects to a server automatically on startup. 
Callers must press the "connect" button to connect to an IRC server.

On networked BBS's DPIRC can now connect using a Proxy server on your LAN.
This is transparent to the caller. See DPIRC.TXT, chapter "Proxy Support", for
details.

You can now configure a message to be displayed to the caller during dial-up 
with the PleaseWait= parameter in DPIRC.INI.

A new "fixedid=" parameter can be configured in DPIDENT.INI for LAN 
configurations with Internet connection going through a Proxy server. See 
DPLINK.TXT, chapter "DPIDENT.EXE / DPID32.EXE", for details.

fixed login problem with some servers
fixed problem with large channel listings
DPPP compatibility
moved INI location to \windows
made "Joined", "Parted" and "LeftIRC" messages optional
You can now disable the "Joined", "Parted" and "LeftIRC" messages
entirely by setting the entries in DPLINK.INI to "none".
channel topics are now displayed in window titles