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- NEW USER INFORMATION FOR IRC
-
- This file contains some caveats for people new to IRC. It is not a
- guide to commands for IRC. For a brief guide to commands for new
- users, see /HELP INTRO.
-
- See /HELP ETIQUETTE for a guide to good manners on IRC.
-
- IRC is an international network servicing 20 or more countries. There
- are over 10,000 registered users, and a similar number of regular
- unregistered users. Do not expect everybody to speak English.
-
- The primary means of identification is currently by nickname. This can
- be modified with /NICK, and registered with NickServ. (/MSG NickServ HELP
- for information on NickServ). Note, however that some nicknames are
- duplicated, and since unique nicknames CANNOT BE ENFORCED it is common
- to find someone else using a registered nickname.
- If you have any doubts about the identity of somebody using
- a given nick, use /WHOIS NickName to find out more. This gives detailed
- information on the person using the NickName. For example, if you
- are getting abusive messages from "Fred", type:
-
- /WHOIS Fred
-
- If the information displayed is not the same as that which you would
- expect for Fred, it is probably a case of impersonation.
-
- Recently some users have been tricking others into allowing them to
- control their IRC sessions or damaging their files. If somebody asks
- you to type a command and you don't know what it does, use
- /HELP CommandName to find out more about it first. In particular,
- /ON has been used to cause trouble and is now initially disabled
- for new users. Additionally, /QUI is short for /QUIT and will
- terminate your IRC session. If you see any message asking you to
- type /QUI or /QUIT, ignore it.
-
- Some new users have been baffled by "CTCP" messages appearing on
- the IRC session. These are messages from other users, asking your
- client to perform some service for them. They are generally
- generated by somebody typing in a CTCP command. See /HELP CTCP.
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- If you have not already done so, read the HELP files INTRO and
- ETIQUETTE.
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