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Server settings dialog |
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Overview
This dialog allows selecting the irc server to connect to.
The servers are classified by irc network that they belong to.
The second tab in this dialog allows enabling the SOCKS firewalling support
and adding proxy servers.
Server settings
1. Irc network selection box
This box contains all the available irc networks.
2. Server selection box
This box contains all the servers in the current network.
The top server of this list is always the first to be contacted.
When a connection attempt fails , kvirc will try the next server in the list,
until no more servers are available in the same network.
3. Remove network
This will allow you to remove the entire server list of this network.
4,5,6. Server list sort buttons
You need to use these buttons to move the server to contact to the top of the list.
7. New server
This will allow to create a new server entry using the Server edit dialog.
Creating a server with a new network name will result in creaitng a new network too.
8. Remove server buttons
Removes the currently selected server from the current network.
9. Edit server
Allows editing the currently selected server using the Server edit dialog.
You can move a server between networks by changing the network name in this dialog.
10. Sort by domain/top
This is useful for large networks : the servers will be sorted in a way that the addresses with
the same top (*.com , *.it , *.de) will appear consecutively.
11. Import from *.ini
You can attempt to import a server list from a mIrc's servers.ini file.
Sometimes it may generate inaccurate entries that you will have to edit manually.
12. Cache server lookups
This option enables the server ips caching.
Once an IP address has been resolved on connect , it will be cached and used for all subsequent connections.
13. Reconnect on connect failed
This options enables auto-reconnecting to the next server in the same network when a connection
attempt fails.
14. Connect timeout
Set here the meximum time to wait for a server response.
A good value to put here is 60 seconds.
15. Reconnect on disconnect
This option enables auto-reconnecting to the same server after an unexpectedly terminated connection.
Proxy settings
1. Use SOCKS proxy
This option enables use of a proxy server.
2. Proxy list box
This is a list of available proxy servers.
3,4,5. Edit,add and remove proxy entries
Edit , add or remove proxy entries using the Server edit dialog
6. Use socks V5 protocol
This option enables use of the SOCKS V5 protocol.
By default the version V4 is used.
The version 5 allows username/password authentication.
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