Tarun Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Beginner?s guide to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) As the title says, this is a beginner's guide for people who have never been to IRC and want to try it out. I have tried to make this guide as simple as I could. Any comments/suggestions are welcome. Ok let?s start off. [/size] Channel Operators[/b]fontc--> [/font] Channel operators are the users who protect the channel against users which cause spamming or flooding. They are identified by @ sign before their nick name and have the +o mode assigned to them. They have the full control on channel and can kick/ban users, change channel topic/modes etc. Voiced Users[/b]fontc--> [/font] These are the users with +v modes assigned to them and have + sign before their nick name. They don?t have any special rights but can chat even if the channel is moderated. Normal Users[/b]-/fontc--> [/font] These are the normal users with no special rights and they can chat normally if the channel is not being moderated. Getting started with MIRC[/b]-/fontc-->[/size] [/font] Now let?s begin with MIRC. MIRC is the most popular client for IRC. You can download the latest version (6.21) from Download mIRC or the mIRC FAQ. Connecting to Server[/b]nnecting to Server[/size] After doing the above press ?Connect to server button? in Connect Tab and if all goes well then you should get something similar to following: From above you can make out that you are successfully connected to the server. A pop-up showing Favorites will open up when you get connected. It?s basically a favorite manager which has sets of channels. Similar to bookmarks which we have in IE/Firefox. Press OK to close the window. You can always open this up again from Favorites menu -> Organize Favorites. /me [message]. E.g. ?/me is going to sleep? wi?ay the message in channel ?* tarun is going to sleep?[/font] Quitting: /quit [reason]. E.g /quit good night will quit you from the channel will display the reason. [reason] is optional. You can also close the server window to disconnect. Checkout List of Internet Relay Chat commands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 NNScript is a good addon for mIRC. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588309384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robgig1088 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Gaim works relatively well too :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588309394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I'd recommend Xchat (SilverX build) if you want a lightweight client. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588309496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
p858snake Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Channel operators are the users who protect the channel against users which cause spamming or flooding. They are identified by @ sign before their nick name and have the +o mode assigned to them. They have the full control on channel and can kick/ban users, change channel topic/modes etc. Thats not true, in most cases. AOPS can not assign or deassign botserv's / change topic if topiclock is on or use modes if modelock is on/can't drop the channel, cant add/remove from the access list you also appear to be missing HOP/SOP/ADMIN/OWNER Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588310628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 (edited) Thats not true, in most cases. AOPS can not assign or deassign botserv's / change topic if topiclock is on or use modes if modelock is on/can't drop the channel, cant add/remove from the access list Channel Ops can do that for sure but depends on channel to channel. Some channel ops might not have the full control. you also appear to be missing HOP/SOP/ADMIN/OWNER As the title says it's a basic starters guide for beginners. There are many other things which I have not covered like DCC, Ident etc. Edited February 11, 2007 by Tarun Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588311258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinteger Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 you also appear to be missing HOP/SOP/ADMIN/OWNER networks like UnderNet don't have those. They have access levels through X, when it is in the channel. IRCu and GNUworld are a little bit different, but I prefer them to anope services. However, charybdis and atheme is nice, its like built in botserv, but it is a lot better. I've been oper on many networks, and I don't really like DALnet. but.. that's my opinion. Have fun IRCing! Guide rating: 2/10 Not much to add from other guides on the internet.. Clint Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588311353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 networks like UnderNet don't have those. They have access levels through X, when it is in the channel.IRCu and GNUworld are a little bit different, but I prefer them to anope services. However, charybdis and atheme is nice, its like built in botserv, but it is a lot better. I've been oper on many networks, and I don't really like DALnet. but.. that's my opinion. Have fun IRCing! Guide rating: 2/10 Not much to add from other guides on the internet.. Clint This guide is not meant for IRC pros like you :) It's for newbies :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/537654-beginner/#findComment-588317807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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