connecting_to_irc
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Note: If you already have a Tardis account this tutorial explains the best method to connect to Tardis IRC.
IRC is an online chat protocol which Tardis uses for day-to-day communication.
Connection Information
Server: irc.imaginarynet.uk
Port: 6697 (TLS - tick 'use TLS/SSL' in your client)
Channel: #tardis
Clients
Both irssi and weechat are installed on fez and torchwood. There's also Shout Web irc http://shout.tardis.ed.ac.uk
Other Clients
There are a range of IRC clients most of which take some getting used to - here are some recommendations:
Cross Platform
- Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im/) - Does just about everything chat-wise.
Windows
- mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/get.html) - The most popular IRC client (free but you get messages on startup asking you to pay)
Linux
- XChat (http://www.xchat.org/download/) - Windows version isn't free but a nice GUI linux chat client.
- irssi (http://irssi.org/download) - Console based IRC client, clean and highly configurable.
- weechat
Web-based
- mibbit (http://www.mibbit.com/chat/) - Browser based chat client, try to use a real client where possible.
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