Re: yahoo instant messenger (im)

[Edward Shornock <ed@crazeecanuck.homelinux.net>]

Jacob S wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:35:27 +0800
>hja123 <hja123@singnet.com.sg> wrote:
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>>Thanks, Kent.
>>I am trying im with Kopete using IRC. The problem is that it requires
>>me  to fill in a server and a port number. I know of a few servers and
>>ports  but they are in names rather than numbers. For instance, for
>>server  irc.debian.org, what would be the corresponding port number
>>for #debian?
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>$cat /etc/services | grep irc 
>shows that port 194 is typically used for irc (unless you're using irc
>over ssl or something special). 
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On my box:
$ grep irc /etc/services
irc             194/tcp                         # Internet Relay Chat
irc             194/udp
ircs            994/tcp                         # IRC over SSL
ircs            994/udp
ircd            6667/tcp                        # Internet Relay Chat

but from my experience, most irc servers are using either 6667 or 7000
(sometimes 6697 for SSL).