Help

• How to install IRC Software: Step-by-step instructions for installing IRC software.
• Connecting to AfterNET: Come chat with us... here's how!
  • Servers & Ports: What servers and port numbers to use.
  • SSL: Encrypting your IRC connection.
  • Register: Registering your account with AuthServ
  • SASL: The modern secure way to connect and authenticate all at once. (Or, the old way: Login-on-Connect)
  • ZNC Bouncer: AfterNET offers use of our own ZNC (BNC-like) IRC bouncer.
  • DNS Block Lists: Why some people may have trouble connecting to AfterNET, and how to fix it.
  • IPv6: Connecting to AfterNET using the new version of the Internet Protocol.
• Frequently Asked Questions: Answers to questions we occasionally get.
• How to use IRC: Want to know how to take control of your IRC experience? Read here to discover IRC modes (channel modes and user modes), channel services, and commands to get information about those around you.
  • Getting Started with IRC
  • Basic IRC Concepts
  • Common IRC Commands
  • Creating IRC Channels
  • How to Register Your Channel
  • X3 Tutorial - How to get and use X3
  • X3 Help System
  • How to Identify someone on IRC
  • Hostmasks and userlists
  • Can't beat 'em, /IGNORE 'em
  • Using Modes to Make Life Easier
  • How to find channels to chat in
• Bots: How to run various personal bots (not X3).
• Technical Information: Technical papers on the IRC protocols and software that are intended for hard-core/power users and software developers.
  • ircd: Installing the EvilNet Nefarious IRC daemon.
  • Login-on-Connect Extension: Our extension to IRC client protocol to allow pre-authenticated connecting.
  • RFC 1459: Where it all started. The technical description of the IRC client-side protocol.
  • Extended /WHO Syntax

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