You can hold private conversations with other IRC users, outside of the public IRC chat rooms. To start a conversation with another IRC user:
In the contact list for an IRC chat room, double click the name of
the user you want to chat with. Alternatively, right click the name
of the user and choose
The IRC room contact list is not the same as
The IRC room contact list is usually on the right side of the IRC room window. If you
do not see it, choose