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jasoncalacanis | December 17, 2008 02:32 AM | in Mahalo Answers Community

Did you know we have an IRC (chat) channel for fans of Mahalo Answers?

If you would like to join us go to irc.freenode.net and enter the #Mahalo chat room.

If you know how to use IRC well, perhaps you could explain how to get to the chat room below someone?

some IRC tutorials... it's not super easy, but not that hard. you need an irc client like mIRC or Colloquy.

http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/mirc.html
http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | connectedgeek | December 17, 2008 02:46 AM

The quick and easiest way to log in to irc.freenode.net and enter the #Mahalo chat room is to go to: http://www.mibbit.com/chat/

Choose your "server" (i.e. freenode)
http://www.connectedgeek.net/images/mahalo/mibbit-server-choose.jpg

Then type in a nick name and room (i.e. userisme and #mahalo)
http://www.connectedgeek.net/images/mahalo/mibbit-type.jpg

Another choice is mIRC: http://www.mirc.com/
This is most popular and installing on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2k/XP/Vista.

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wdawe | October 04, 2009 06:02 PM

Freenode no longer allows connections from Mibbit. To access the chat from the web you should goto http://webchat.freenode.net/

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nyssa | December 17, 2008 02:34 AM

No I didn't know. Will sure try to work that into this system? hope to see you there soon.

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coreycharette | December 17, 2008 02:35 AM

No I didn't know that you had an IRC chat room.
Do you have an FAQ for this website?

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eniac | December 17, 2008 02:36 AM

download and install MIRC

http://www.mirc.co.uk/get.html

and find the info about setting up the right IRC server here

http://www.mirc.co.uk/install.html

Join room #Mahalo

And c u there :)

source(s):
http://www.mirc.co.uk/

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markjeffrey | December 17, 2008 02:39 AM

Great info on IRC and how to use it here:
http://www.mahalo.com/IRC

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bugsy | December 17, 2008 02:43 AM

You can get on IRC from Firefox, you just have to install the ChatZilla addon.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/16

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marcel m | December 17, 2008 02:45 AM

Thanks for the info boss,i only knew the IRC for PTG's.I use Miranda.

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exedore6 | December 17, 2008 02:48 AM

I recommend using ChatZilla, which is a Firefox extension, available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16

When you open chatzilla (Under tools in firefox) there will be a window that looks like the attached image.

Click on the freenode link, and you will be connected.

Channels begin with the # character
There are several commands that you will want to know. The all begin with a /

/nick - Set a nickname (example: /nick exedore6) It may take several tries before finding a nickname that isn't taken.
/join - To join a new channel (example: /join #Mahalo)
/part - To leave a channel (example: /part #Mahalo)
/quit - To quit ChatZilla (of course you could just close it)
/server - To connect to a server by name (example /server irc.freenode.net)
/msg username - to send a private message to one user.
Once you're in the channel, just type what you want to say.