IRC Information

For online chatting, Arisia uses the IRC.

If you want to chat with us on IRC, you can use Mibbit (which is a browser based client). Please type something reasonable as your name. Click here to connect to IRC using Mibbit.

Or... If you want to use your own IRC client, the info is:

• server: irc.arisia.org:6667
• channel: #arisia
• there is also a #congo channel specficially for registration systems issues.

Recommended chat software (supports IRC, JABBER (Google Talk), AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ...)

• Mac: Adium
• PC and Linux: Pidgin

Web-Based IRC Client:

• Web client: Mibbit

Pidgin info: accounts > manage account > add > protocol IRC > fill in info above. Then Add a chat > IRC connection > #arisia

You can also get a plugin for Trillian that lets you be on IRC.

For a list of other chat clients, please see:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_clients (some support IRC)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients (IRC only)

Here's a tutorial/refresher on the basic commands: Basic IRC Commands