mIRC Fun and Addictive (mIRC)

Member Name: latham101

Product:	mIRC
Date:	07/06/01 (239 review reads)
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Advantages: spend hours chatting

Disadvantages: becareful of virus sending by other people

mIRC Is one of the best and easiest to use IRC clients there is. The program itself is very small so downloading it isn't a problem. Once you install it setting it up is fairly simple too, all you do is enter your name, email, your irc nick and you are ready to go, but first you have to find an irc server to connect to, there is a big list for you to choose from and many have tens of thousands of channels to choose from once you are in. The server I use the most is Efnet, this is one of the larger ones. Some others include dalnet, starnet, undernet, and much more. The program is free to use and doesn't require you to pay to use a full functional version. There is a 30 day trial, but the program works even after the 30 days have passed. Every once in awhile it asks you to register the program for $20.

Each of the servers you are sure to find help for the newbies and just help on anything you might want to know about. There are also channels just for teens, mp3s, and many other types. The best way to get a list of all the channels is to do /list once you are connected to your server. It gives you a list of all the channels that were made and how many people are in.

All commands to the server starts with the "/". To join a channel you must type "join #channelname" you can change nick names by doing "/nick newnick". This all gets easier once you use a few times and learn, its actually pretty simple.

Mirc has some great options also, you can change the fonts around, change your background for the mirc window, and make a script to use just for irc. You can script to give people op, deop them, kick, and even ban them. (You must be the operator in the channel to do this though). You can private message someone and start your own chat 1-1. There is a notify list where you can add specific nicknames to it and it will tell you when they join the server.

Some other features with Mirc is DCC, great opti
on for file sharing and swapping. You can select the file you want to send, select the person you want to send to and it sends. Very simple to use and once you get the hang of it, its actually pretty fun.

Very addictive though, you might end up spending hours chatting with people. Unlike AOL chats which are only limited to 23 people, these channels can hold unlimited people or whatever the operator in there decides to set. There are some with 400+ people!!

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