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6 <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
7 <link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-neterror"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
9 <desc>Create an IRC account.</desc>
10 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-25" status="draft"/>
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
14 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
18 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
21 <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
23 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
26 <title>Create an account</title>
31 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
41 Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
48 If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
53 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
54 <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
64 Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
69 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
70 <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
77 From the <gui>Network</gui> drop-down list, select the name of the network
78 you are creating the account for.
82 <!-- TODO: rethink the description of the nickname -->
84 In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type the name that will identify yourself
85 in the network you are creating the account.
90 In the <gui>Password</gui> text box, type the password you used to register
91 your nikcname. If you do not have one, leave this field blank.
96 In the <gui>Real name</gui> text box, type your real name.
100 It is not necessary to insert your real name.
106 In the <gui>Quit message</gui> text box, type a text message that will be
107 sent when you close your session.
112 To enable the new account, select the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box
113 next to the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
119 If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
120 dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
121 and type the new name.
126 If you want to use different networks at the same time, you need to create an
127 account with each one of the networks you want to use.