This is irc.net, a public (free and open) instant messaging interface

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Currently supported: AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN, Jabber, Google/GMail, and ICQ.

The best way to use this service is via your own IRC client on port 6667. An experimental version is listening on port 16667

Port 6667 (main): Version 1.2.3
Port 16667 (experimental): bzr-471

October 6, 2009: Upgraded experimental port to bzr-471: fixes Yahoo! problems
June 21, 2009: New server! IRC.net is now on a new box (saga.irc.net/saga.ees.com). Guys, check the /motd for info on sysadminning.
June 20, 2009: Upgraded experimental port to bzr-464: supports SMS via AIM.
June 19, 2009: The main port now supports Google and Jabber/SSL (v1.2.3)