irc IRC tutorial HexChat

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This is a tutorial on how to get started with IRC for this tutorial we will be using HexChat.

 

Download and install HexChat from here

 

After installing run HexChat

Set your name

Tick "Skip network list on startup" then click on "Add"

Name the network "CnCIRC"

Select the network we just added and click "Edit"

Fill out the settings for the network according to the screenshot below

After doing the above close the "Edit CnCIRC" window and the "Network List" window

Restart Hexchat it will then auto connect to IRC

If the message as seen in the screenshot below shows up ignore it as won't be needing it.

 

Registering your nick with NickServ

To register nick we use the command "/NickServ REGISTER password email"

To manually identify to the registered account next time we connect to IRC use the command "/NickServ IDENTIFY [account] password"

Or to automatically identify to the registered account see screenshots below

Close the "Edit CnCIRC" window and the "Network List" window when done

 

Joining channels

/LIST -Creates a list of all existing channels

/JOIN <channel> -Joins channels you provide the names for.