#Daria chat on EFnet: Visit the official page at 
http://www.alt-lawndale.com/chat.html for even more info, a list of EFnet servers, 
and a schedule of chats!

Some basic IRC commands:

*Don't worry about those little switches that say t, s, m, etc. next to them. They really
 only apply if you're an op (operator)- and if you're an op, you'll know it. Becoming an op
 requires the ultimate trust of the current ops, since ops can do a lot of stuff that 
regular users can't do, and a certain degree of technical competence.

*In every example on here, *** stands for the nick of the person you are referring to. 
The *** can be any user's name that you want. For example, if you wanted to do a 
whois, you would replace the *** in the command /whois *** with the user's nick: 
/whois Ivanovna would display information on Ivanovna. 

*When you precede any command with a slash (/) you tell IRC that you are going to 
enter a command. However, many of these commands are included in the pulldown 
menus of IRC clients.

Typing /help --> gives full help now for IRC

Typing /join #*** --> Joins any channel specified. To join #Daria, type /join #Daria. 
 
Typing /list --> will list all channels that are currently active and a digit behind that 
number represents the number of individuals currently on the channel.

Typing /names --> will list all channels currently active with a listing of the names of
 the users who are on each channel.

Typing /whois *** --> Will display information on any specific user. 

Typing /who #*** --> Will display the people that are currently on a specific channel. 
To check who is on #Daria, type /who #Daria. Remember, you must include the pound 
symbol.

Typing /msg *** --> Will send a private message to the person specified. For example,
 /msg Ivanovna.

Typing /dcc send *** file --> Will initiate a DCC file transfer with whoever you 
specify. If someone sends you a DCC request, type /dcc get ***.

Typing /ping *** will ping any user you want, or /ping *  for everyone in the room.
 Being Pinged is nothing to worry about- all that ping does is tell the person how long
 it's taking you to receive messages that you send. 

Typing /ctcp *** version --> Will display the person's version of a IRC client program
 they are using.

Typing /ctcp *** finger --> Will display information about a person and their 
computer.