Connecting with Pidgin

Pidgin is an open-source cross-platform chat client that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Go to the menu bar and select Accounts → Manage Accounts.\

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Click on Add.\

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For Protocol, select IRC.\

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For username, put in the username you registered for the bouncer. For server, put in the server you received by email. For password, type in username/network:password. For example, suppose you registered the username john, want to connect to the network ircnow, and have the password abcde12345. Then for password, you would put in john/ircnow:abcde12345. Check Remember password.\

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For port, fill in 31337. For ident name and real name, fill in your bouncer username. Check Use SSL. \

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Click Add at the bottom-right corner.

If you see a message saying ZNC is not yet connected, type /znc connect -- wait a few minutes to connect.