Talking in real-time via IRC

IRC or Internet Relay Chat or is a venerable means for chatting with other users. The FreeSWITCH team has several chat rooms on irc.freenode.net. They are as follows:

  • #freeswitch
  • #freeswitch-dev
  • #freeswitch-social
  • #openzap

Using IRC is simple once you know what to do. You will need an IRC client for your computer. There are many to choose from, including the following:

  • Chatzilla: A Firefox addon
  • IRSSI: A text-based IRC client
  • Colloquy: An IRC client for Mac OSX
  • mIRC: An IRC client for Windows

You can also join the #freeswitch channel using the Java applet on the main FreeSWITCH website (see the following).

To use IRC you will need to choose a nickname, known as a "nick" for short. Choose something unique, and if possible register ...

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