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Connecting with Thunderbird

Thunderbird is an open-source mail client that can also be used for IRC.

  1. Click on the menu button, then click on New.
    Attach:thunderbird-new.png
  2. Click on Chat Account
    Attach:thunderbird-chat.png
  3. Choose IRC
    Attach:thunderbird-protocol.png
  4. Fill in your nickname and server (it will look like example.ircnow.org).
    Attach:thunderbird-server.png
  5. If you have a NickServ password, you can enter it here. Otherwise, leave this blank. NOTE: This is not the same as the bouncer password from IRCNow.
    Attach:thunderbird-password.png
  6. Set port to 31337 and check SSL.
    Attach:thunderbird-options.png
  7. Review the settings and click Done.
    Attach:thunderbird-summary.png
  8. Click on the menu button again, then select Preferences.
    Attach:thunderbird-preferences.png
  9. Click I accept the risk!
    Attach:thunderbird-config.png
  10. In the search bar, type your username. Find your account number (in this case 1). Then, right-click on the empty area and click New, then String.
    Attach:thunderbird-string.png
  11. Type messenger.account.accountN.options.serverPassword in the field, where N is the number of the account. In this case, it is 1.
    Attach:thunderbird-string2.png
  12. Press OK, then enter your bouncer username, the network you want, and bouncer password in the format username/network:password -- for example, if your username is john and you want to connect to ircnow, you might fill in john/ircnow:abcde12345.
    Attach:thunderbird-string3.png
  13. If you see a message saying ZNC is not yet connected, type /znc connect -- wait a few minutes to connect.