Can I talk to my IRC-using friends via AIM? [more inside]
posted by Mwongozi on Jun 18, 2009 - 4 answers

What is a good low-noise IRC client that will notify me of posts to a channel without requiring user intervention to make the notification go away? [more inside]
posted by scharpy on Apr 3, 2009 - 6 answers

I need to setup a real time chatroom service for a private members only web forum. My first instinct is IRC. I've used IRC in the past, but am no expert. I need a service which will scale to a few hundred users and allow me to limit who can join by username. I know for IRC I will need to setup a bot to keep the channel operational at all times and I also know this is not easy. So im also thinking about just installing a chat script on my own server. What are the advantages of IRC and which option do you think suits my requirements best?
posted by Kai2 on Feb 18, 2009 - 4 answers

How would you know a decent chat bot if you found one? I'm wondering what kinds of tricks you would use to figure out it's a bot, and to figure out how (un)sophisticated it was. [more inside]
posted by marble on Feb 6, 2009 - 13 answers

What is a good IRC bot to run on an internal IRC server used by programmers in a software development company? [more inside]
posted by butterstick on Dec 16, 2008 - 6 answers

Are the International Reply Coupons my girlfriend purchased done... wrongly? [more inside]
posted by c0nsumer on Sep 20, 2008 - 4 answers

Some really important info was leaked from our private IRC channel on our own server. Luckily, it was something that most people wouldn't believe without real proof, which the leaker didn't really have. So we're glad to have not been in a real shit-hit-the-fan situation yet. Can you find the weak link, or atleast offer suggestions on how to stop this from happening again? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 16, 2008 - 11 answers

Should I learn the 2006 or 2003 International Residential Code? [more inside]
posted by gregoryc on Jan 30, 2008 - 1 answer

World of Warcraft filter: I want to create a group channel for all 3 guilds on the site channel. Possibly mod or addon? [more inside]
posted by spinko on Aug 13, 2007 - 4 answers

What are some good, reasonably-price ircd hosts? [more inside]
posted by Hot Like Your 12V Wire on Jul 27, 2007 - 6 answers

IRCFilter: I'm looking for a quick bit of help on the use of NWNK-IRC. I have several servers that I wish to connect to when I load the program, and several different channels on each server I wish to join. How? [more inside]
posted by tommac2005 on May 24, 2007 - 0 answers

IRC for dummies - what's the best client to reccomend for serial Internet Explorer users, that supports irc:// links? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on May 22, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm looking for a reliable shell account service. [more inside]
posted by adipocere on Oct 4, 2006 - 10 answers

What's the best IRC client for Mac if you’ve never used IRC, don’t know much about it, and are sort of dense? I’m running 10.4.6, if that matters.
posted by MarshallPoe on Jun 22, 2006 - 15 answers

IRC woes: So all of a sudden, when I try to connect to IRC (using the Mozilla Chatzilla plugin v. 0.9.68.5.1 on OSX) I get the following error message: [more inside]
posted by Item on Oct 2, 2005 - 6 answers

I want to use an IRC client from work, their proxy won't let me. [more inside]
posted by furtive on Jul 9, 2005 - 9 answers

Hopefully this question makes sense, I know next-to-nothing about IRC. I'm trying to download some things off of IRC. I can always connect to a few people's severs, but most of the time I get an error message. [more inside]
posted by hughbot on Jun 22, 2005 - 9 answers

I'm looking for intelligent conversation. Does anyone have any recommendations for laid-back online chat? [More Inside] [more inside]
posted by LeeJay on Jan 13, 2005 - 12 answers

What is the absolute easiest way to get started using IRC?
posted by JoanArkham on Oct 23, 2004 - 10 answers

How can I bypass my VPN's blockage of several IRC ports? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by Stynxno on Oct 10, 2004 - 6 answers

What's a good IRC XDCC or Fserve search engine?
posted by signal on Sep 24, 2004 - 3 answers

What is the site that is a collection of IRC logs, usually pretty entertaining?
posted by the fire you left me on Sep 3, 2004 - 3 answers

Instant messaging across different networks. Is it possible? [mi] [more inside]
posted by karmaville on Aug 17, 2004 - 6 answers

When downloading multi-part binary posts from the VCD/SVCD groups on Usenet, there's always a zillion of them labelled only with gibberish like: "vcd-gnd1.r01" or "ctk-2.part01.rar" I know how to join and decode rar files. I just don't know what the heck's been posted, and don't want to blow 100s of megs of bandwidth to find out. I'm sure these are codes for something. Posting "clans" perhaps? Do I have to lurk on some 12-year old's IRC channel to figure out what these are? [more inside]
posted by scarabic on Apr 28, 2004 - 16 answers

Web-Based Chat

I have a friend who used to chat with me from IRC at work. The employer removed that program, saying that for security and virus reasons, the only browser, or anything internet would be MIE.

Since this makes Chatzilla a moot issue, are there any sites reachable from an ordinary browser that have some sort of reasonable-working chat that resembles IRC?
posted by Danf on Feb 26, 2004 - 13 answers

So I've recently discovered I can't access #mefi from work anymore, and I suspect it's probably because they've blocked traffic on the 6667 port. Is there a means to get around this?
posted by antifreez_ on Jan 23, 2004 - 4 answers