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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#connect"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.20" date="2016-08-06" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.24" version="0.1" date="2017-03-13" status="draft"/>
    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Ankit R Gadiya</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ankit4922@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2016</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Paul Cutler</name>
      <email its:translate="no">pcutler@gnome.org</email>
      <years>2017</years>
    </credit>
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    <desc>How to connect to an IRC network.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Connect to an IRC Network</title>

    <p>The first time you start <app>Polari</app> you will be asked to join a 
    network.  <app>Polari</app> comes with over fifty IRC networks configured 
    for you.  Choose the IRC Network you would like to connect to and click 
    on it.
    </p>

    <p>If you do not see the IRC network you would like to join, you can also 
    enter the details of the IRC network.  Click the <gui>Custom Network</gui> 
    button and enter the <gui>Server Address</gui>.  You can optionally 
    enter the name of the network as you want it to appear in the list of 
    networks in the <gui>Network Name</gui> field.
    </p>

    <p>After you have connected to an IRC Network, you can also connect to 
    other IRC Networks.
    </p>

  <steps>
    <item>
        <p>Press on the <key>+</key> in the top left corner.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
        <p>Press <gui>Add Network</gui> and select the IRC network from the 
        list you would like to join or press <gui>Custom Network</gui> and 
        enter the details.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
        <p>Enter the name of the chat room you would like to join or 
        select the chat room(s) from the list and then press 
        <gui>Join</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
        <p>Press the <gui>Join</gui> button to connect to the room or rooms.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note><p>If the IRC network you are connecting to uses a custom port, 
  you can append it to the name of the network with a
  colon and the port number, for example <em>irc.example.org:12345</em></p>
  </note>
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