In Pidgin, add the server as an account then in the buddies menu click "Add Chat" you can then add the IRC channel as a room.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/12 Alain Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:addw@phcomp.co.uk">addw@phcomp.co.uk</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 06:52:06PM +0100, Toby Deans wrote:<br>
> I have set up an irc channel for the LUG if anyone wants to try it or use it:<br>
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> <a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">irc.lug.org.uk</a><br>
> /join #watfordlug<br>
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</div>I don't play with this very often ... I suppose that a good client is gaim/pidgin.<br>
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If I add, what protocol do I use ? If I choose 'IRC' it doesn't allow me to set a domain, just a port # ?<br>
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