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+_Last updated: 2020-07-30_
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 # Using IRC on 9front
 
 While 9front comes with an irc client called `ircrc`, it can be quite annoying that it does not

          
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 First the server program `ircsrv` must be started, so I would run
 
-	ircsrv pmikkelsen irc.freenode.net
+	ircsrv -e -p VerySecretPassword pmikkelsen net!irc.freenode.net!7000
 
-to connect as `pmikkelsen` to freenode. After this (and maybe logging in),
-it is possible to connect to different channels by opening new rio windows
+to connect as `pmikkelsen` to freenode over tls and with password for my nickname. 
+After this, it is possible to connect to different channels by opening new rio windows
 and running
 
 	irc -t '#cat-v' -b
 
 to connect to the cat-v channel. The `-b` option without any extra arguments
-prints the entire conversation since the ircsrv was started, so it might not always be desirable.
+prints the entire conversation since the ircsrv was started, 
+so it might not always be desirable.
+
+To see all the messages sent directly to me, I would run
+
+	irc -t MSGS
+
+and maybe start a conversation with user 'mousehater' by running
+
+	irc -t mousehater
 
 I run this on a remote cpu server that is rarely powered off, and then I just connect via
-drawterm from linux to chat.
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+drawterm from linux to chat, or via rcpu from other 9front machines.