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  • P patnsnaudy

    Ok I have avoided it long enough. :-O What are some good free IRC Clients/resources? Thanks in advance!

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    Roger Wright
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    Try ICQ - it relies on IRC for transport, though I can't for the life of me imagine why anyone would trust a channel so fraught with spam and hackers... "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley

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      Try ICQ - it relies on IRC for transport, though I can't for the life of me imagine why anyone would trust a channel so fraught with spam and hackers... "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley

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      patnsnaudy
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      I had to use it tonight to discuss Google's summer of code program[^] I donwloaded a client but it was a 30 day trial, so I wanted to find something free. Thanks.

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      • P patnsnaudy

        Ok I have avoided it long enough. :-O What are some good free IRC Clients/resources? Thanks in advance!

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        Michael Dunn
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        Years ago when I was using IRC regularly I liked mIRC. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD

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          Years ago when I was using IRC regularly I liked mIRC. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD

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          Nish Nishant
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          Michael Dunn wrote: Years ago when I was using IRC regularly I liked mIRC. Me too. Another one I used was Pirch :-)

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          • P patnsnaudy

            Ok I have avoided it long enough. :-O What are some good free IRC Clients/resources? Thanks in advance!

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            Ian Darling
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            Telnet works surprisingly well.


            Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

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            • M Michael Dunn

              Years ago when I was using IRC regularly I liked mIRC. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD

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              benjymous
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              But mIRC isn't free anymore Well actually it never was, but now the shareware trial expires :-\ The irc client in trillian is pretty good -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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              • I Ian Darling

                Telnet works surprisingly well.


                Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

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                Nish Nishant
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                Ian Darling wrote: Telnet works surprisingly well. :~

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                  Ian Darling wrote: Telnet works surprisingly well. :~

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                  Ian Darling
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                  It does. There's only a handful of messages you really need to know to use it. Off the top of my head: Server: PING :[blah] Reply: PONG [blah] Which you have to be careful with and get right. To send a message PRIVMSG [target] message and a couple of bits you need to do on startup (USER and NICK and JOIN). Easy :-)


                  Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

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                  • P patnsnaudy

                    Ok I have avoided it long enough. :-O What are some good free IRC Clients/resources? Thanks in advance!

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                    Nish Nishant
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                    Here's a free IRC client (Open Src) http://www.hydrairc.com/

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                    • I Ian Darling

                      It does. There's only a handful of messages you really need to know to use it. Off the top of my head: Server: PING :[blah] Reply: PONG [blah] Which you have to be careful with and get right. To send a message PRIVMSG [target] message and a couple of bits you need to do on startup (USER and NICK and JOIN). Easy :-)


                      Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

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                      Nish Nishant
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                      Uhm, okay - do you use telnet to check mail too? or have you upgraded to Pine? :-D

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                        Uhm, okay - do you use telnet to check mail too? or have you upgraded to Pine? :-D

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                        Ian Darling
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                        Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Uhm, okay - do you use telnet to check mail too? or have you upgraded to Pine? Outlook, of course ;P The reason I was using Telnet was because I was thinking about writing a simple IRC Client (after being shocked at how downright awful Bersirc 2 was), and figured I'd better get an idea of how it worked under the covers to see how easy the protocol is to handle - if I could do it in telnet, I could write a program to do it for me :-)


                        Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

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                        • I Ian Darling

                          Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Uhm, okay - do you use telnet to check mail too? or have you upgraded to Pine? Outlook, of course ;P The reason I was using Telnet was because I was thinking about writing a simple IRC Client (after being shocked at how downright awful Bersirc 2 was), and figured I'd better get an idea of how it worked under the covers to see how easy the protocol is to handle - if I could do it in telnet, I could write a program to do it for me :-)


                          Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

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                          Nish Nishant
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                          Ian Darling wrote: if I could do it in telnet, I could write a program to do it for me Cool! :cool:

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                          • P patnsnaudy

                            Ok I have avoided it long enough. :-O What are some good free IRC Clients/resources? Thanks in advance!

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                            Paul Watson
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                            mirc[^] regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...

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                            • P patnsnaudy

                              I had to use it tonight to discuss Google's summer of code program[^] I donwloaded a client but it was a 30 day trial, so I wanted to find something free. Thanks.

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                              Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                              Trillian can do this (both free and Pro versions). [^] Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                              • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                                Trillian can do this (both free and Pro versions). [^] Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                                patnsnaudy
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                                I have trillian, but I didn't see an option to let me log into an IRC server and go into a group chat. Is it there? Am I missing it? Thanks, Jerry

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                                  But mIRC isn't free anymore Well actually it never was, but now the shareware trial expires :-\ The irc client in trillian is pretty good -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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                                  patnsnaudy
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                                  Yeah that's what I downloaded and I found that it wasn't free.

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                                  • P Paul Watson

                                    mirc[^] regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...

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                                    patnsnaudy
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                                    Yeah, but it's not free anymore. Thanks though.

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                                    • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                                      Trillian can do this (both free and Pro versions). [^] Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                                      patnsnaudy
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                                      You win the prize... I just needed to rtfm. I have been using and love Trillian. Thanks a lot!

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