tsturm

My host gives me the following:

Are any of these things what I need to fill in the fields?

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Gayle

Depends if there's an IRC server running on that port, unlikely as 6667 would be more normal.

What exactly are you trying to use it for?

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tsturm

I just want to add a chat feature on my family's site. It's something I could live without, but I want to offer some of the features that they'd be most likely to use. Thanks, Gayle.

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Gayle

IRC is probably overkill in a huge way then. I'd go with the Java chat your host provides (the http://myhost.net/cgi-sys/mchat.cgi?channel=myhost.net link).

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tsturm

Thanks again, Gayle.

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