Setting server=1 in the dogecoin.conf file seems to have no effect on the QT allowing RPC conections. The only way I was able to get the QT client to respond to RPC calls was to start the app like this:

open dogecoin-qt.app --args -server -rpcuser=user -rpcpassword=password

This was my config:

addnode=95.85.29.144
addnode=162.243.113.110
addnode=146.185.181.114
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=password

It also will not work if I just use -server this causes it to not read the doge.conf file. Does the client ignore everything in the .conf file if any CLI args are passed to it?