Welcome to mIRC. mIRC is a full featured Internet Relay Chat client for Windows that can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks around the world, either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions. It has a clean, practical interface that is highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists, file transfers, multi-server connections, SSL encryption, proxy support, UTF-8 display, customizable sounds, spoken messages, tray notifications, message logging, and more. mIRC also has a powerful scripting language that can be used both to automate mIRC and to create applications that perform a wide range of functions from network communications to playing games. If you are new to mIRC, the first few sections of the mIRC help file will introduce you to the basic features of mIRC and IRC. They will also guide you through the first few steps of Connecting to a server, Joining a channel, and Chatting. Once you have learned how to use the basic features of mIRC and IRC, you can move on to the more complex features, such as configuring mIRC for your own particular needs, or learning how to create scripts and popups. If you ever need help, remember that you can visit the mIRC Website for the latest version of mIRC as well as a wide range of help resources and guides. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Relay Chat. For those of you new to IRC, it stands for Internet Relay Chat. The worldwide IRC networks offer a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk. Don't mix-up IRC with Instant Messenger services or the slow Web chats you might have seen. IRC is specially designed for chatting and works very fast. IRC was originally written by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988. Since starting in Finland, it has spread to almost all countries around the world. IRC is a multi-user chat system, where people meet on "channels" (rooms, virtual places, usually with a certain topic of conversation) to talk in groups, or privately. There is no restriction to the number of people that can participate in a given discussion, or the number of channels that can be formed on IRC. mIRC attempts to provide a user-friendly interface for use with the IRC networks. As a user you run mIRC on your PC and you connect to a "server" in an IRC network. All servers are interconnected and pass messages from user to user over the IRC network. One server can be connected to several other servers and up to hundreds of clients. You can join several channels at once and participate in private discussions at the same time. The various parts of the IRC client mIRC have been designed with the aim of simplifying and speeding up your IRC sessions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is New in version 6.31? mIRC is back with a new face! :-) mIRC now has a shiny new mIRC logo and new interface icons, updated and designed by the good people at Turbomilk. To match the new icons, we also decided to redesign the mIRC website to bring it into the 21st century... we hope you like the new look! In addition to the visual changes in mIRC and the website, this new version of mIRC also addresses the various issues that were reported for the last release. For scripters, we hope you like the changes to the script editor. The interface has been improved, it is now cleaner and easier to read, we added a Check Bracket and Sort Variables items to its Edit menu, line numbers to the margin, and enter/home key indentation support. The editor also no longer flickers when resized. Various other changes include: - A "Hide tips when locked" option to the lock dialog, - An SSL option to automatically accept invalid certificates, - Tips now shade each alternate message that is added to an existing tip to make it easier to distinguish individual messages, - When bars are locked the drag bars are now hidden from view, - The behaviour of the "Hide minimized desktop windows" option is changed so that query, message, and chat windows remain visible when they are first opened minimized on the desktop. In total there have been over 50 changes to this version and although most of them are only small fixes and tweaks, we hope that they result in a more useful and stable mIRC for you. We encourage you to explore the versions.txt file for all changes. Some changes are obvious, some need getting used to - please take your time to play with them and see how they work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- More information. mIRC is supported by a set of Web pages. On these pages you'll find information on new versions, new ideas, known bugs and solutions, and possibly all other information you might need on IRC in general, and on mIRC. http://www.mirc.com USA http://www.mirc.co.uk United Kingdom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- License Agreement mIRC® v6.31 Internet Relay Chat Client Copyright © 1995-2007 mIRC Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. mIRC can be downloaded freely and evaluated for up to 30 days. If after evaluating mIRC you find that you like it and wish to continue using it, you must register it. Your single-user registration will license you to continue using your copy of mIRC, will support work on new features and fixes, and will provide you with technical support via email. mIRC can be registered through the mIRC website at http://www.mirc.com. mIRC may only be distributed as part of the original mIRC install file as distributed by mIRC Co. Ltd. mIRC and the mIRC install file may not be distributed as a part of any package and may not be modified, decompiled, disassembled, or reverse engineered. If you would like to distribute mIRC as part of a magazine, book, cd-rom, website, or any other form of distribution, you must contact mIRC Co. Ltd. for written authorization. mIRC may not be sold, rented, leased, or lent without written authorization from mIRC Co. Ltd. mIRC is provided AS IS without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall mIRC Co. Ltd. be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if mIRC Co. Ltd. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. mIRC is a registered trademark of mIRC Co. Ltd. The mIRC Logo is a trademark of mIRC Co. Ltd. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------