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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $20.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: September 02, 2003
- Total Downloads: 20,778,806
- Downloads last week: 6,791
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 329 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Internet Relay Chat is not as well-known as ICQ, even though it successfully combines chat and messaging without annoying ads. The IRC network is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk. With mIRC, you can choose from an unlimited number of existing chat rooms based on personal interests, or you can create your own channels with family and friends. IRC is more advanced than simple messenging, so it may take a while to get started. With a bit of browsing, though, you'll find that the mIRC interface allows easy access to IRC features. It guides you through the initial stages, including selecting from a wide list of servers. You can connect to more than one IRC server at once and chat through proxy. By creating your own channel, you can even set up a virtual meeting with colleagues. This program suits advanced users keen to expand their chat-client functionalities. For first-time users, mIRC offers the most functionality of any chat program available, which can be overwhelming at first--but if you read the help files you'll be on your way to using all the features mIRC has to offer.
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Publisher's description
From mIRC :mIRC is an Internet relay chat (IRC) program for Windows. Just as you need a browser to surf the Web, you need an IRC client to chat. mIRC is highly configurable and perfectly stable and has a lot of goodies hidden inside. mIRC offers multiserver support, full color control, DCC-file-sending and Get capabilities, aliases, remote command and events-handling capabilities, scripting, place-sensitive programmable pop-up menus, Web and sound support, and a lot more. But most important, to use mIRC you don't have to understand anything of the above. Simply install mIRC and chat away. mIRC is shareware and can be downloaded freely and evaluated for 30 days. If you enjoy mIRC, please register your copy. Your registration licenses you to use your copy of mIRC and helps support our continued work.
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