- Click on the File menu and select Connect. Or select the lightning
button in the Toolbar for the same effect.
- After a short wait (up to 20 seconds) you will see some meaningless blurb appear in
the status window.
- The last line will say something like "End of MOTD command".
You are on IRC now !! Congratulations.
- The mIRC Channels Folder will pop up. It shows a selection of the most popular
IRC Channels available all over the world. You might want to try some of them? You can double-click on any
channel suggested in the list. Or you can select more channels and hit the Join button.
- Alternatively, to join a conversation, type the /join {channel_name} command
in the single line box at the bottom of the Status window. Popular channels are #42plus, #friendly, #mirc,
#teen, #texas, #amsterdam, #newbies, #help, #england, #usa, well there are thousands. To get a listing of all
available channels you might try the /list command.
- When you join a channel, a new window will appear on your screen.
The names on the right side column are those people who are currently joined in the channel.
The left hand window is where everyone's conversation takes place.
To say things to the people joined to the channel, just type your comments in the single row box at the bottom
of the channel's window.
- To leave a channel, just double click on the close box, which is located at
the top-left hand corner of the channel name's window.
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