How to Create a Link to a Chat Room with Microsoft Chat (178293)

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To create a link to an IRC channel, you can create a shortcut, insert a link on a Web page, or insert a link in an e-mail message (such as a Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook 97, Microsoft Exchange, or Microsoft Internet Mail and News message). To do so, use one of the following methods.

Create a Shortcut

To create a shortcut to the current room, click Create Shortcut on the File menu. This places a Comic Chat Room (CCR) file in the location you choose. To use the shortcut, double-click it.

To manually create a shortcut, right-click the desktop, point to New, click Shortcut, and then type the following information in the Command Line box where <server name> is the name of the chat server, <room name> is the name of the chat room, <text/comics> is either "text" or "comics" (depending on which view you want), and <password> is your password for the chat room (if the chat room is password protected).

For example:

   mic://irc.msn.com/#Help__text___password
				

Note that there are two underscores before the text/comic switch. There are three underscores before the password switch.

Insert a Link on a Web Page

To insert a link on a Web page, use "%23" instead of "#." For example:

   <a href="mic://irc.msn.com/%23Help"> My help room -
      mic://irc.msn.com/#Help </a>
				

Insert a Link in an E-mail Message

To insert a link into an e-mail message, use the following format: Note that you can also use this format to connect to a chat room by clicking Start, clicking Run, and then typing the line in the Open box.