General Questions
In this section you will find the general basic questions about IRC for beginners.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) are conversations retransmitted in internet, it's a system written originally in Finland by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988 and is now used worldwide. IRC is a multi-user chat system that allows encounters in virtual spaces called "channels" or "rooms" in order to converse privately or in groups.
As a user, you run an IRC client that connects to an IRC server on an IRC network. Each IRC network can be made up of many interconnected servers that, together, make up that network. The servers pass messages from user to user over the entire network. There are many IRC networks, both large, with tens of thousands of users and channels, and small. Each IRC network is separate from and independent of other networks and is run by its own set of owners and administrators.
An IRC client is a software application used to connect to an IRC server. Clients are available for most operating systems and mobile devices. Popular clients include
mIRC,
AdiIRC,
IRCCloud and
AndroIRC. Many user also use WebIRC gateway (
webchat), which can be accessed from web browsers.
Users Issues
In this section you will find instructions and answers to frequently asked questions by the users of this service.
There are several possible reasons why you could be having connection troubles, most of them are beyond our reach. If you need to ask somebody, feel free to
contact us.
No, the server automatically masks your IP to other users. If you do a /whois
on yourself, You can see it, but other normal users cannot.
To see a list of all public channels, type /list
. Some channels are marked secret and will not be shown in this list.
Up to 20. This will not be changed as it is sufficient enough to run your own channel(s) and still be in a friend's.
You must speak to the operators of the channel and only to them. The operators of the channel do not need to have “reasons” to ban you, they decide what happens in the channel. Complaining to the operators of the server for having been distanced or expelled from a channel is considered extremely childish and will not change the outcome. The operators of the server will not interfere in the rules of the channel, this is the sole responsibility of the operator of the channel itself. If you have been distanced or expelled from a channel you are free to create your own and decide your own rules and regulations. Consider every channel as if it were a home: the owner of that home has the right to share it with others or not and it is he who decides whom to let in and whom to exclude. In your home you decide, you are free to create your channel and establish your own rules.
To change your nickname password, type: /msg NickServ SET PASSWORD <newpass>
.
You can use the SENDPASS command: /msg NickServ SENDPASS <nickname>
.
It allows you to group your nicknames under one password. You can switch back and forth between the nicknames once you identify without having to identify each time you change..
If you don't want to receive any message from anyone, you should use (privdeaf) mode by typing /mode <yournick> +D
.
To blocks private messages from unregistered users, type /mode <yournick> +R
.
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