A PLACE TO TALK ABOUT HIM, A PLACE TO TALK THINGS THROUGH..

What is IRC and #Sanctuary ?     A wee while ago I sent an email to HeatherBelle about Channel Sanctuary. We thought that some of it might be helpful to you too. IRC     You know how you can 'chat' on ICQ, sometimes with several people at once.? IRC is set up just exactly like that, but permanently.  Mellorien is a particular network set up to provide 'rooms' where people can meet. So the Sitting Room has a Java chat application which will take people directly onto Mellorien and into the room or - as it is known in Internet Relay Chat parlance the Channel. So # means channel, and #sanctuary is a particular channel set aside for people who need someone to talk to. People with Mirc or pirch or one of those programmes can go onto the network and enter #sanctuary from there, or people browsing the angelfire site can wander in from the page. Vickie stays in there, keeping it open nearly all day and half the night too.  Personally, because I am networked, I can't use the Java Chat option. Instead I use a programme called mIRC, which is really easy to set up.  vickie uses a programme called pIRC, which she really prefers.  Clicking on either of these .gifs will take you to a page from which you can download one of these programmes.  It seems that both programmes are now pretty streamlined, and have the Server options in their 'setup' menu. Take care to choose the option StarChat, which is found on the 'Server List' (#sanctuary appears on more than one network, and not all of them are 'us' as I found out the other evening) Then visit us in #sanctuary. We'll try to answer any questions you may have, and will take it from there.

 

If you feel the wish for  human company, there are several things you can do. You can email, from the site map, though this could take a while.  I hope, some time soon, to provide a way to page the Web Weaver through ICQ (only I've yet to work out how to do that).  Or, you can click below to join  #Sanctuary on irc.mellorien.net:7000  IRC (internet relay chat) Sooner or later we will try to have someone there at certain times. I'll keep you posted on that. If you would like to try now please click the Mellorien button above (please be patient, sometimes this takes a wee while to load)