Connect Dialog

The Connect Dialog Box enables you to start an IRC session .

• Press "New" to create a new entry .
• Fill in the information in the blank boxes
• Press "store" , your options are saved
• Press "Connect" to connect

To connect to a server , you need to obtain the following information

• The address and the port of the server . Some known servers are already entered for you
• Your nick , a short non-space alphanumeric value to identify yourself in the IRC network . Nicks must be unique in the IRC server . For more information about nicks , see the RFC1459 .
• Your e-mail address
• Your real name , or any other information . Any user can get this info by using a /whois . See the RFC1459 and Usual IRC Commands .
• Your initial modes . These can be changed with /mode . See User Modes and the RFC1459 .
• Your extended options . If your server is an IRCX known server , enable the IRCX button to use all IRCX features .TurboIRC also enables you to login as an Operator . If you really are a System Operator in the network , you will know what to enter in the User and Password blanks
• Autoconnect on startup performs automatically a connection to the server IF the appropriate button in Preferences is checked
• Auto reconnect on failure , automatically reconnects if the server closes the link to you ( but not if you manually shutdown the connection )

You may call the connect dialog box at any time using /connect

You may auto-connect to a temporary server , by using /server . ( See Default Aliases )