a228maso@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (03/15/91)
All this discussion about IRC has sparked my curiosity. How does one connect to IRC? Does it have to have a locally installed program, or do you TELNET to a port somewhere? Jamie
Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen) (03/16/91)
>>>>> On 15 Mar 91 05:51:31 GMT, a228maso@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca said:
Jamie> All this discussion about IRC has sparked my curiosity. How does one
Jamie> connect to IRC? Does it have to have a locally installed program, or do
Jamie> you TELNET to a port somewhere?
You might bring up your own server on a local host and connect it to
other irc servers. You should find out the best place to connect by
writing to operlist-request@cs.bu.edu. You are urged to read the
documentation that came with Irc before writing to them.
The server software is programmed by Jarkko Oikarinen,
jto@tolsun.oulu.fi. He propably knows where to get it from.
But it is not necessary to have a server. It is much better to use a
server located near by you site. Irc already has quite many servers.
You should ask from the same address for a site allowing you to use
their server.
In either case you need a client program to connect to a server.
There are many clients around. One of the most popular is ircII,
programmed by Michael Sandrof, ms5n+@andrew.cmu.edu. Many GNU Emacs
users like to use Kiwi by Klaus Zeuge, sojge@mizar.docs.uu.se.
Another popular choice is Irchat by Tor Lillqvist,
tml@hemuli.atk.vtt.fi.
All the above information has been retrieved from the source files and
documentation of the above software.
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