15? Internet Relay Chat

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15? Internet Relay Chat
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contents

• What is IRC?
• Chatting in mIRC
• Chatting in Microsoft Chat and V-Chat
• Chatting in Ircle
• Chatting in Ircii
• Starting and Managing a Channel
• General IRC Tips

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What is IRC?

• Internet Relay Chat
• Social banter and interaction
• IRC Networks
• IRC? backbone, Interner? ?? link ?? ?? IRC
  server?? groups
• EFnet(Eris Free net)
• UnderNet(http//www.undernet.org)
• DALnet(http//www.dal.net)

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IRC Servers

• Widely used Servers
• EFnet Servers
• Irc.magic.ca / irc.colorado.edu
• UnderNet Servers
• Ann-arbor.mi.us.undernet.org
• Austin.tx.undernet.org
• DALnet Servers
• Irc.dal.net
• Irc.services.dal.net

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IRC Servers(??)

• Ports on IRC Servers
• Default port 6667
• IRC server ports ? ?? 6660?? 6670? ??
• Servers for Kids
• Supervision ?? IRC? ??
• ??? ?? ?? Kidlink? ??
• Kidlink 15? ??? ?? Global network
• more information http//www.kidlink.org

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channel

• chat room
• EFnet ? 7,000 channel
• Undernet ? 5,000 channel
• Dalnet 2,300 3,000 channel
• Example
• Channels for socializing teenchat, friends
• Channels for collectors coins
• Channels for help with IRC itself newbies

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Channel(??)

• ??? ??? channel? join?? ??
• ?? IRC server? ??? ?
• Alphabetized ? list ??? ??
• Some Recommended Channels
• 30plus, 40plus
• Playing game
• ? channel? regular participants?? ?? unique
  character? ??

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IRC Programs and IRC Commands

• The original IRC programs ? text-based ? UNIX
  programs
• irc, ircii
• IRC command(/ command)
• /list channel ? list ? ???
• /join channel ? ??
• Wondows and Mac-based IRC S/W
• mIRC, Microsoft Chat, V-Chat, Ircle(Mac)

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Nicknames and Chanops

• IRC server? ??? ?, ??? nickname(or nick)? ??
• Channel operator
• Chanops(channel operator)
• Create a topic
• Give operator status to others
• Kick people off the channel

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Netspilts and Lags

• Netspilts
• net?? ??? ?? ??? server(server? ???? ???? ??)??
  disappear?? ??
• Caused by Overload of users
• Lags
• Message? server?? net ? ???? ??? ???? ??
• Netspilt ?? ?? ??
• DCC(Direct Client to Client protocol)
• One to one(chat or send files)
• Bypass IRC server, connect your ISP to the other
  persons ISP

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Chatting in mIRC

• Getting mIRC
• http//mirc.co.uk
• Connection to an IRC Server
• Listing Channels
• Joining Channels
• Starting to chat
• Whispering
• Sending files
• Leaving Channels and Disconnecting from servers

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The mIRC Setup dialog box
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Listing / joining Channels
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Starting to chat
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Chatting in Microsoft Chat and V-Chat

• Getting Microsoft Chat and V-chat
• http//mschat.msn.com
• Connecting
• Listing channels
• Joining Channels and Chatting
• Whispering
• Actions

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Getting Microsoft Chat
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Listing channels
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Starting Chatting
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Staring and Managing a Channel

• Type /who channelname
• Channel operator
• /mode command
• Setting the Topic
• Type /topic subject
• Kicking and Banning Users
• Kick ?? ???? channel?? ???
• Ban(banish) kick rejoin ??
• Designating Other Chanops
• Other chanop Commands

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General IRC Tips

• Productive, pleasant and safe ?? ?? ? ?? Tips
• IRC is not case-sensitive
• With the larger nets, requesting a list of
  channels can disconnect you from your server.
• When you a private message (whisper) by the /msg
  command
• Learning More http//net.gurus.com/irc