Updating mIRC's servers.ini file

A list of IRC networks for mIRC is available in the servers.ini file which is carefully maintained for distribution with new mIRC releases. If you would like to add your network to this list or have updated information about a network that is already in the list, please let us know by following the steps below. Your help in keeping the servers list up-to-date is greatly appreciated.

If you would like us to add a new network to the list please submit your request using the format outlined below. If your request does not follow the format below or does not contain complete information we will not be able to process it unfortunately. Please do not send attachments. Note that we cannot add more than the random server (round robbin) for new networks but we would like to have complete information for future reference.

If your network is already in the list and you would like us to make changes, please be clear about the changes you require by using the format outlined below.

Please appoint one person on your network to maintain an updated list of servers and have them submit any requests using the following format. The servers should be listed in order of importance with the random server on top. Please do not sort them in alphabetical order.

== START HERE ==

n001=Random serverSERVER:servername:port(s)GROUP:groupname
n002=Continent, State, CitySERVER:servername:port(s)GROUP:groupname
n003=Continent, State, CitySERVER:servername:port(s)GROUP:groupname

network name (Network) =
random server (irc.network.com) =
port range (6660-6669,..) =
network contact person (your name) =
network contact email (your email) =
network homepage (website) = http://
list of servers (page on website) = http://
average amount of users =
average amount of servers =
average amount of channels =

== END HERE ==

All requests are stored in a list with candidates. We will not confirm receipt of your email. If your request was complete you can safely assume that we have recieved and processed it. Once each month we will test all servers in the candidate list. Candidate networks that have a reasonable amount of users are copied to the servers.ini as soon as there is space in the list.

We process the candidate list with a script that connects to all candidate networks to check their user base as well as a number of other items. For this to work correctly please ensure that your servers report the name of your network in the welcome message (server numeric 001), ie. "Welcome to the SomeNet IRC Network" - make sure the "SomeNet" part exactly matches your network name and domain name.

Please send all requests, comments or questions to servers@mirc.com.