Irc

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[edit] General Tips

• Nicknames and passwords: IRC has no built-in provision to protect your electronic identity. Therefore protect your nickname by registering it with NickServ in the IRC client. This prevents others from using your nickname, although the registration expires if you don't sign into IRC for 30 days. Avoid using a nickname with a "." in it. Write your password down on paper, and keep it safe.

IRC is a possible security risk , mainly on Windows machines. Ensure firewall , anti-virus  and anti-spyware  protection is installed and enabled, and scan for malware regularly. Keep your IRC client up-to-date so it has the latest security enhancements.

[edit] IRC Clients

There are IRC Clients for all platforms. Three good open source clients are:

• Pidgin  (standalone application, Windows and Linux/Unix)
• Chatzilla  (runs in Mozilla-based web browsers such as Firefox , on any Mozilla-supported platform such as Windows, Linux/Unix or Mac OS X).
• Adium  (standalone application, Mac OS X)

Mac users may prefer the traditional OS X look and feel of Colloquy  (not open source). We have some steps below for users completely new to IRC to get started with Pidgin.

[edit] Pidgin

• Set up an IRC account: Run Pidgin after installation. On the "Accounts" window, click "Add", then in the Add Account screen (below), click the "Basic" tab. Select "IRC" in the "Protocol" field and choose your screen name, password and local alias. The screen name is essentially your account name with IRC, and the local alias is the name you will appear as in the Audacity chat room. Check "Remember password", click "Save" and close the Accounts window.

• Add #audacity to your Chats: There will now be two windows visible, "Buddy List" and "NickServ". In the Buddy List window, click Buddies > Add Chat. In the "Add Chat" window (below), type "#audacity" in the "Channel" box. In the next two boxes, enter the password and alias you chose when you set the IRC account up in the first step. Set "Group" to "Chats", check "Autojoin when account becomes online", and click "Add".

• Register your screen name (known as "nickname") with NickServ: In the NickServ window, click the NickServ tab and in the text box at the bottom, type:

• /msg NickServ register password



• replacing "password" with the password you entered in the Accounts window. Hit ENTER on your keyboard to send the details to NickServ. Then you can if you wish use the command:
  

  /msg NickServ set



• to set options for your nickname. See below for a list of NickServ commands.

• Join #audacity and say Hello! If you want to join #audacity in this Pidgin session, you have to join manually now, just for this first time. Next time you start Pidgin, the software will connect you to #audacity automatically. To join now, look in the Buddy List where your alias name appears in the list of chats. Right-click your name and click "Join".

• In the NickServ window, click on the new tab that has now appeared with the name of your alias, and the window title will change to that alias name (below). On the left of the window is the message list with the Audacity welcome message. On the right is a list of the users currently in the room. To say "Hello" to the room, type your message in the text box at the bottom of the window and hit ENTER. You can also send an instant message or a file to a specific user, by right-clicking on their alias in the user list and selecting the appropriate menu command.

• To get more help with Pidgin, search their Wiki .

[edit] NickServ commands

Here is a list of the NickServ commands:

The SET command gives you the following options:

You can get help with any command by typing:

For example, for help with getting information for a nickname, type:

For help associating an email address with your nickname, type: