How to Auto-Join IRC channels via Gaim : Gaim 1.5 – 2.0

I spent the afternoon with herlo tinkering & hacking away on our different projects we have. One thing that he has been trying to do is setup Gaim to auto-join the long list of IRC channels that he connects to regularly. I have had this feature setup for quite some time so I thought I would blog the instructions for everyone else wondering. note: I had assumed this information was available elsewhere but he tells me that he has yet been unable to find it.

1. Select “Buddies” and then select “Add Chat”
2. In the “Account” drop-down list select the IRC account you want to use
3. In the “Channel” option enter the channel address (example: #ubuntu-utah)
4. In the “Password” option you can enter a channel password (only if required)
5. In the “Alias” option you can set the Alias of the channel (example: Ubuntu Utah)
6. In the “Group” option you can select your Buddy group to include the new listing

At this point you should have a new buddy listed in the group selected above. Now you need to simply set the “Auto-Join” setting for that user. If you don’t see the user listed double-check that you are connected to the IRC channel.

1. Right-Click the newly added user (example: Ubuntu Utah)
2. Select “Auto-Join” which should highlight the checkbox (should be second option)

At this point you can try to disconnect & reconnect to your IRC server. Any new “Chats” that you’ve added and set to “Auto-Join” should auto-connect at this point.

Have fun, enjoy. If something happens not to work let me know or point out what I’m missing.

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