Using mIRC

Click on the File menu and select Connect. (Or select the lightning button in the Toolbar)

After a short wait (up to 20 seconds) you will see some meaningless blurb appear in the status window.
The last line will say something like "End of MOTD command".

You are on IRC now !! Congratulations.

To join a conversation, type the /join {channel_name} command in the single line box at the bottom of the Status window. Popular channels are #42plus, #friendly, #mirc, #teen, #hottub, #england, #usa, well there are thousands. To get a listing of all available channels you might try the /list command.

When you join a channel, a new window will appear on your screen.
The names on the right side column are those people who are currently joined in the channel.
The left hand window is where everyone's conversation takes place.
To say things to the people joined to the channel, just type your comments in the single row box at the bottom of the channel's window.

To leave a channel, just double click on the close box, which is located at the top-left hand corner of the channel name's window.

There are many more commands available on IRC, and we recommend you do some further reading in one of the widely available info files. These www pages offer an IRC Intro page in case you need more info on IRC, and the mIRC FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to help you solve any possible problem you might encounter now or in the future.

If you have difficulties connecting to an IRC server, because of errors like "No Authorisation" or "Cannot Resolve IRC Server name" try using a different IRC server or read the mIRC FAQ for more info.