Now that you know what potential interlocutors are in your channel, you can turn your attention to the chat room and sending your first IRC message. You need this to have the right to communicate in the chat. + symbol and/or yellow dot: This status is the most used and indicates that a user has a “voice”, i.e.% symbol and/or blue dot: This user possesses half-op status and has the same powers as an operator but has no influence on other operators and half-operators.These users also have the power to kick users out of the channel or ban them altogether. symbol and/or green dot: These are individuals who act as operators or moderators and ensure that everyone follows the channel's guidelines and treats each other with respect.

In this role, you can also determine whether another user is allowed to act as an operator. They are responsible for things such as IRC server maintenance and IRC daemons. & symbol and/or red dot: The next highest rank is administrator.In this position you can appoint other users (e.g.

~ symbol and/or purple dot: The user with this icon identifies themself as the owner of the channel and thus takes the highest rank.

If you are now wondering what the various characters or colored dots that appear in front of the nicknames of these users mean, read on: In the left column you will see the network and channel you are currently in, in the center is the chat where text messages appear and in the right column you will see a list of all channel members. The chat program, which is now open in front of you, is divided into a total of three sections.

Mirc chat channels