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[http://www.mirc.com Mirc] is by far the most popular. [[Perch]] is another example.
 
[http://www.mirc.com Mirc] is by far the most popular. [[Perch]] is another example.
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There are many IRC servers and networks of servers. In this example, we'll connect to a network of servers called EFnet. So if you do
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/server irc.efnet.org
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in your IRC client, it will connect you to one of the EFNet servers. Once you're connected,
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you'll see the MOTD (Message of the day) scroll by. You're now connected
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to a server. Now you join whatever channel you want.
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/join #irchelp
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will put you in a popular IRC help channel. You can be on many channels at once, so you might also want to:
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/join #help
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for more generalized help. If you want to see what channels are on a given server:
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/list

Revision as of 09:18, 14 April 2006

You've probably been sent here for making a booboo on Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

IRC:1 Search first, ask last.

IRC:2 U.S. Politics

IRC:3 Asking to ask

IRC:4 Wrong channel

IRC:5 LART

IRC:6 Search that question/term

IRC:7 Don't private message a stranger

IRC:8 Long URL

IRC:9 Clarify your question

Rtfm

Internet:Help Process

Irc::Wishlist

IRC

Many of the editors of this [Wiki] hang out, or at least lurk, in the #unixhelp IRC channel on EFNet. Anyone is welcome to join the channel and ask questions (but please have a look at the several items in the list above first!).

If you have not used IRC before, you will need to obtain a client (see the list below), and connect to an IRC server. Using irc.efnet.net should connect you to one of several available servers.


Clients

For UBOs: xchat is the most popular GUI client. Some ncurses based clients are: irssi, epic, and BitchX

For Windows: Mirc is by far the most popular. Perch is another example.


There are many IRC servers and networks of servers. In this example, we'll connect to a network of servers called EFnet. So if you do

/server irc.efnet.org

in your IRC client, it will connect you to one of the EFNet servers. Once you're connected, you'll see the MOTD (Message of the day) scroll by. You're now connected to a server. Now you join whatever channel you want.

/join #irchelp

will put you in a popular IRC help channel. You can be on many channels at once, so you might also want to:

/join #help

for more generalized help. If you want to see what channels are on a given server:

/list