IRC Leica FAQ

LUGIRC is an Internet chatroom -- our Leica chatroom has been around since 2001, 24/7 you'll find people in there talking about cameras and sharing photos.

To join our Leica chat, you'll need an IRC client

There's a good one built into Mozilla and Netscape. It is ChatZilla

For information about ChatZilla go to http://www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/

Some Windows users use mIRC It has different features. You can download it here:
http://www.mirc.co.uk and if you like it, pay the license.

For macs, try Ircle for earlier OS or Carbon for OS X, available here:
http://www.ircle.com/ same deal for the license.

Also for Macs: Colloquy http://colloquy.info/downloads.html

Also for macs go to http://www.snak.com for Snak

For general IRC help and FAQs, go to http://www.irchelp.org

Connecting to IRC

Install the client, point your client to lugirc.availabledark.com on ports 21 or 6667 Once connected, join channel #leica    This is the command:   /join #leica

With Chatzilla, Use /attach lugirc.availabledark.com to connect, then /join #Leica

OR To make an auto logon,

With Chatzilla in Seamonkey use    irc://lugirc.availabledark.com:21/leica as the url.

With Mozilla, Firefox or netscape, The following might be helpful:

With Mozilla, Firefox or Netscape open, go to the toolbar and click "edit," "preferences," "Chatzilla,"

Type in a Nick name

and a User name

then click "startup." Click "Add..."

A box will open, "Chatzilla autoconnect items"

There are two panes

Below the the bottom pane, click "Add... "

another window opens

tick the button
"Connect to a server or network"

then type "lugirc.availabledark.com"

Now tick "also connect to"
tick "channel"
and type "Leica"

If you want to have the irc help on a tab,

click "Open client View"

Click on "OK"

This is how it should look.

click on "OK"

Then click the little cZ at the bottom left of the browser screen.

That should get it going

Once connected, there will usually be names in the user column, some of us often stay connected and leave our machines for periods of time. Usual hours are from 8 am (US Central) until about 10 pm   (GMT -6) Type a hello, and if one or more of us are online, we'll respond.

Go here for common irc commands: http://www.ucip.org/melbourne/extras/irc.htm

Type /help <command-name> for information about a specific command.

With Mozilla, Firefox or Netscape open, go to the toolbar and click "edit," "preferences," "Chatzilla,"
Type in a Nick name and a User name
then click "startup." Click "Add..." A box will open, "Chatzilla autoconnect items" There are two panes Below the the bottom pane, click "Add... " another window opens
tick the button "Connect to a server or network" then type "lugirc.availabledark.com" Now tick "also connect to" tick "channel" and type "Leica" If you want to have the irc help on a tab, click "Open client View" Click on "OK"
This is how it should look. click on "OK"
Then click the little cZ at the bottom left of the browser screen.
That should get it going Once connected, there will usually be names in the user column, some of us often stay connected and leave our machines for periods of time. Usual hours are from 8 am (US Central) until about 10 pm (GMT -6) Type a hello, and if one or more of us are online, we'll respond.