Writing an InterMUD3 Server in DGD

InterMUD3 is a protocol for sending chat-type social commands between MUDs, allowing you to message players on other MUDs, and to have shared chat channels across more than one MUD. There are previous protocols for the same, but InterMUD3 is the current frontrunner for new implementations.

Like FTP, InterMUD3 protocol requires outgoing network connections, so normally you'll need to apply the DGD network patch to implement an InterMUD3 server, though it would be possible to write an external InterMUD3 server, then have it make a connection to the DGD server and relay all the appropriate information, thus defining your own "passive InterMUD3" protocol. However, this would require significant additional effort, and probably a lot of work in a language other than DGD.

You can find Jason Cone's InterMUD3 daemon on the page of code examples. However, it's not entirely complete, and requires the network patch for DGD.

If you decide to implement InterMUD3, you'll want to very carefully examine the protocol specification for it.