Connecting with Quassel

Quassel is an open-source, cross-platform IRC client.

From the menu, select File → Networks → Configure Networks....\

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Click on Add.\

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Select Manually specify network settings.\

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# Network name: fill in the network name you want to connect to.

# Server address: fill in your bouncer server address, which should look like example.ircnow.org.

# Port: 31337

# Server password: fill in username/network:password. For example, if your username is john, the network you want to connect to is ircnow, and your password is abcde12345, then fill in john/ircnow:abcde12345.

# Check Use encrypted connection.

# Check Verify connection security.

# Click OK at the bottom-right corner.

To the right of the Identity combo box, to the right of where it says Default Identity, there is a square button. Click on that to edit your identity.\

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Edit Real Name and Nicknames so that they match the bouncer username you registered.

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