Create an IRC account. Milo Casagrande milo@ubuntu.com 2009 GNOME Documentation Project Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Create an account

From the Contact List window, perform one of the following:

Press F4

Choose EditAccounts

If it is the first time you launch Empathy:

From the Type drop-down list choose IRC, then click on the Create button.

Otherwise:

Click on the Add button.

From the Type drop-down list choose IRC, then click on the Create button.

From the Network drop-down list, select the name of the network you are creating the account for.

In the Nickname text box, type the name that will identify yourself in the network you are creating the account.

In the Password text box, type the password you used to register your nikcname. If you do not have one, leave this field blank.

In the Real name text box, type your real name.

It is not necessary to insert your real name.

In the Quit message text box, type a text message that will be sent when you close your session.

To enable the new account, select the Enabled check-box next to the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.

If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the Accounts dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog and type the new name.

If you want to use different networks at the same time, you need to create an account with each one of the networks you want to use.