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13 December 2005

IRC via Trillian 3 Howto [More:]
If you really want to use Trillian 3 to IRC (I'm formally verbing the acronym)
here's how:
1. Open Trillian
2.Click on "trillian" on the top left corner (left of "view")
3. Goto "Connections > Manage my connections..."
4. Click "+ Add a new connection..."
5. Click "IRC"
6.
-under Server Alias type "Slashnet"
-below that put irc.slashnet.org:6667
-Below that put TrishaLynn or whatever nickname you want (one word only)
-the two below that fill with random garbage, they don't matter, but I think you must have something there.
7. Click "Connect"
8. Click "Close"
9. Open trillian again (unless its already open)
10. On top of your buddy list should be three circles, hover over them with your mouse and they should say "AIM" or "ICQ" find the one that says "IRC" and click it. (it may say mail accounts for some weird reason, just hover over a different circle and try again)
11. Click "show status window"
12. On the bottom of the window, type "/join #metachat"
13. the window should change to #metachat, if it doesn't look at the top of the status window and there should be a metachat tab, just click on it and you're in.
THE END
You're just lonely over there all by yourself and you want people to come join you. Especially that vivacious TrishaLynn.
posted by matildaben 13 December | 18:35
;)
nah, actually she wrote me an email askin if I knew, and this is what I wrote her back. I figured I might as well post it seeing as it might be of use to someone else.
posted by Edible Energy 13 December | 18:44
wow. that sounds rilly complicated. I have almost no memory of what I had to do with chatzilla because I installed it (totally no-pain)... and then the next thing I remember was clicking a link... and I was in #mefi. There was probably a little step before that, but I only remember marvelling at how easy it all was.
posted by taz 13 December | 19:13
That does sound complicated. Me, I use Opera. I clicked on the #metachat IRC link in the right sidebar and it launched the built-in IRC client. Asked me for a handle and I was in.
posted by panoptican 13 December | 19:16
There was the time I had to download a library and compile a client. That one sucked. Haven't had to do that in years, though ...
posted by stilicho 13 December | 21:39
Perfect! Works like a charm. Thanks for the step by step. I shall now (well...eventually) try to join, what seems like witty banter on said IRC channel!
posted by miles 14 December | 02:29
Thanks, Edible! I must try that tonight, in-between bouts of laundry!
posted by TrishaLynn 14 December | 09:38
AAAAAARGH! Still getting this error code.

*** Error while connecting (Error Code: 10053). Disconnecting.
posted by TrishaLynn 14 December | 19:38
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