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6 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
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 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
24 <title>Create an IRC account</title>
29 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
39 Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
46 If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
51 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
52 <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
62 Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
67 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
68 <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
75 From the <gui>Network</gui> drop-down list, select the name of the network
76 you are creating the account for.
80 <!-- TODO: rethink the description of the nickname -->
82 In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type the name that will identify yourself
83 in the network you are creating the account.
88 In the <gui>Password</gui> text box, type the password you used to register
89 your nikcname. If you do not have one, leave this field blank.
94 In the <gui>Real name</gui> text box, type your real name.
98 It is not necessary to insert your real name.
104 In the <gui>Quit message</gui> text box, type a text message that will be
105 sent when you close your session.
110 To enable the new account, select the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box
111 next to the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
117 If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
118 dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
119 and type the new name.
124 If you want to use different networks at the same time, you need to create an
125 account with each one of the networks you want to use.