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Here you will find all the information you need to participate in the irc.rapta.net #MTV channel.
Find out about #MTV Rules!

For those of you who don't know, IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk; you'll find the whole diversity of human interests, ideas, and issues here, and you'll be able to participate in group discussions on one of the many thousands of IRC channels, or just talk in private to family or friends, wherever they are in the world.

To use IRC you need a small program like mIRC, a shareware IRC client for Windows,
written by Khaled Mardam-Bey. mIRC is a friendly IRC client that is well equipped with options and tools.

mIRC v5.71 new release.

   

Basic IRC Commands

IRC commands allow you to perform specific functions on IRC, such as maintaining control of a channel and the users on it. The following list of Basic IRC commands should help you get started. There are also Other Commands you can look at later.

General Commands

/SERVER irc.rapta.net
This will connect you to the server.

/JOIN #channel
Join the specified channel.

example: /join #irchelp

This will make you join the #irchelp channel. Once on a channel, anything you type will be seen by all the users on this channel. The #irchelp channel is very useful, so say hello and then ask any questions you want. If the channel you specified doesn't exist, a channel with that name will be created for you.

Some channels may also have keys ie. a password, which you need to specify when using the /join command.
example: /join #irchelp trout

This will make you join the #irchelp channel using "trout" as the password.

/PART #channel
Leave a channel.

example: /part #irchelp

/LIST [#channel] [-MIN #] [-MAX #]
Lists currently available channels. You can also tell mIRC to show only channels with a minimum and a maximum number of people. If you specify a #channel then mIRC will only list information for that channel. If you specify wildcards, eg. *love* then mIRC will list all channels that contain the word love in them.

example: /list
example: /list -min 5 -max 20
example: /list #mirc
example: /list *love*

/ME message
Tells the current channel or query about what you are doing.

/MSG nickname message
Send a private message to this user without opening a query window.

/QUERY nickname message
Open a query window to this user and send them a private message.

/WHOIS nickname
Shows information about someone.

/NICK nickname
Changes your nickname to a new nickname.

/QUIT [reason]
This will disconnect you from IRC and will give the optional message as the reason for your departure. (this message only appears to people who are on the same channels as you).

example: /quit


That's all folks!