IAM Live Chat

Documentation by 1101001

IAM Live Chat is an IRC based chat server for IAM members exclusively. This service will allow you to chat with other IAM users in real-time in a channels and privately. You are free to start your own channels and topics of conversation, as well as chat privately with one or more people at the same time.

Because IRC servers are more strict about the characters and length of nicknames, some users will have to create an alias (see: Getting Started). All live chat users are locked to their nicknames, so you will always know which IAM user you're talking to, even those users with aliases (see: Alias Lookup).

For TOS reasons portions of IAM Live Chat are logged. Please be sure to read the both the Privacy and Rules portions of this document.

IAM live chat is private in that only IAM users are allowed to connect and chat. However, for TOS reasons all public channels are logged as far back as 48 hours. These logs are only used to verify the validity of TOS violations.

The live chat service also employs a cloaking feature to keep your true internet IP address private. This feature is automatically turned on when you connect and cannot be turned off.

If you havent already you should probably read IAM terms of service these rules also apply to live chat. In general harassing users, hatespeech, spamming and password sharing is in violation of the TOS and your live chat privledges may be revoked.

If you witness someone breaking the rules please report them within 48 hours.

To report an abusive user you must send a detailed email with logs to links@teambme.com, even if you contact a network admin to help you.

Your network admins
glider - glider.bmezine.com
mil0 - mil0.bmezine.com

Activating your account
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Choosing a client
There are many different IRC clients for all operating systems, these are some of the most popular.

mIRC for Windows
Ircle for Macintosh
xchat for Unix/OS X
epic for Unix/OS X

Configuring your client and connecting
Because I cannot provide step by step instructions for all clients, if your client is not listed click here for a list of all the relavent settings you will need to use. If you would like to request documentation for another client please email me. I may require you to provide me with screenshots and other information.

mIRC 6.14

Server	bmeworld.com
Port	6667
Nickname	my_chat_name
Password	my_chat_name:my_pass
Real name	my_iam_name

Basic Commands
These easy to use commands will help you get online and chatting quickly.
* All commands begin with /

/JOIN <#channel>
Join a channel, all channels have a # prefix.
Example: /join #help

/PART <#channel> <message>
Part a channel with optional part message.
Example: /part #help Thanks for all the help!

/WHOIS <nickname>
Display users info. This information is controlled by the user, we recommend that all users use their IAM name for their realname.
Example: /whois raynutz

/MSG <nickname> <message>
Send a private message to a user.
Example: /msg raynutz are you there?

/QUERY <nickname>
Start a private conversation with a user. Most clients will open a seperate message window for each user.

/ME <action describe>
Perform a virtual action or describe yourself in channel or query.
Example: /me cannot jump rope or hulla hoop.

/AWAY <message>
Use to tell other users that you are away from your computer, message is optional. To set yourself as back type /away again.

/NOTIFY <nickname>
Your notify list can alert you when your friends are online. Typing the command with out arguments (/notify) will show you which of your buddies are online. To add users to your notify list type /notify +nickname, and to remove /notify -nickname.

/IGNORE <nickname>
Prevent a user from sending you messages.

/LIST
Request a list of all channels.

/QUIT <message>
Disconnect from live chat, your message will be show in all the channels you were in at that time.