mIRC HELP
lets begin...
mIRC BASICS
i. Connecting to a Server.
1. Install the program by double clicking on the file you downloaded.
2. Run the application [Start>Programs>mIRC>mIRC].
3. A window with credits and another window should pop up.
- CREDITS WINDOW - click on the tick in the bottom left of the window to stop it from coming back.
- OPTIONS [OTHER] WINDOW - in this window you can set the server.
- click on 'add'. this will add a new server to your list.
- enter a desctiption. this is the name which will appear in the list.
- enter the server address in 'IRC Server'. and unless differently specified, leave 'port'
to 6667.
- click 'ok'.
- now enter 'full-name', 'e-mail address', 'nickname', and 'alternative'. if you don't
want anyone to see your name and e-mail, fake it [about this later :)]
- click 'ok'
4. now to actually connect to the server you chose click 'file' and 'connect'. some information
will fly by, if you're fast enough, read it :)
5. AND BOB'S YOUR UNCLE!
ii. Joining a channel/room.
1. now to join a channel, aslo known as a chat room. to do this we want a list of all the channels
on this particular server. in the editbox at the bottom of the screen, type '/list'
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side note: this window is called the status window and most of the information from the server will
be sent here. in the editbox of any window you can enter commands. commands are always prefixed
with a forward slash ie. '/'.
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the list command opens a new window with the channels on the left, how many people are currently
on that channel and the topic.
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side note: hehe, jip another one. a channel name is always prefixed with a hash ie. #.
and the topic is as it says the topic of the channel.
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double clicking on a channel's name will open a new window containing the channel.
2. to chat enter your sentence in the editbox of that window and press 'enter'.
*--> POP QUIZ HOTSHOT! - i chat on server: irc.mweb.co.za ; port: 6667 ;
channel: #Cyber_Getto ; come, lets see your skills. :)
this is by no means even close to a complete list of mIRC's commands. each command is enclosed
in single quotes ie. '' ; they are NOT to be included.
format:
-[COMMAND]
-[DESCRIPTION]
-[EXAMPLE]
-[EXPLANATION OF EXAMPLE]
- '/me [message]'
- this the action command and is used to express an action.
- '/me sits in the corner'
- if my nick was "depressed_ubbit" the above command would print "depressed_ubbit sits in the corner"
- '/nick [new_nickname]'
- this command changes your nickname.
- '/nick ubbit'
- if my nick was "depressed_ubbit" it would be changed to "ubbit" after the command is entered.
- '/msg [nick] [message]'
- this command is used to send a private message to a person [nick].
- '/msg KING howzit my mate?'
- the above would send the message "howzit my mate?" to KING.