Simply put, IRC is a chat protocol, defined by official Internet standards, and capable of stealing many hours of your life. To use IRC, you must connect to a server, and then join a channel (equivalent to a chat room).
To connect to a server, open KSirc and select
-> or press F2. In the
dialog box that is displayed, select a group from the leftmost drop-down
box and then a server from the middle drop-down box. The port, shown on
the right, will almost always be 6667. A new window will be displayed
showing the messages sent by the server to the client. When these
messages have finished scrolling past, you want to choose your
channel. To display a list of available channels, type
/list
. To join a channel,
type: /join
. To leave a channel,
just type #channelname
/part
.
That's the basics; for more detailed information, read on...
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