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Finding a Channel

Now that you can sign onto IRC, where do you go next? The easiest way to find a channel on IRC is via the /list command. It enables you to search through the thousands of channels on DALnet and find one that interests you. The syntax is

/list *subject*

Let's say you wanted to find a channel that dealt with horses; you'd type:

/list *horse*

You would then be provided with a list of channels that all have the word "horse" in their name (for example, #horselovers, #ILoveHorses, and so on). If you wish to register a channel of your own, check our ChanServ page at http://docs.dal.net/docs/chanserv.html. For an advance help of using the /list command, you can read http://docs.dal.net/docs/misc.html#2.
Official/ Recommended Help Channels

The following is a listing of the various officially recommended DALnet Help Channels and the topics which they cover.

#amIRC

Amiga Client

 #DALnetAide

Help in French

 #DALnetAyuda

Help in Spanish

 #DALnetHelp

Services and General IRC Help in English

 #DALnetHilfe

Help in German

 #DALnetYardim

Help in Turkish

 #ArabHelp

Help in Arab

 #HelpDesk

Bot/Script Help

 #IRCHelp

General IRC Assistance

 #ItaliaHelp

Help in Italian

 #Hjelp

Scandinavian help channel

 #Help

New-to-IRC Help

 #Macintosh

Mac Help

 #mIRC

mIRC Client

 #NoHack

Virus/Trojan Cleaning Assistance

 #OperHelp

IRC Operator Assistance

 #NixHelp

Help For Unix And Linux Operating System

 #RomaniaHelp

Channel For Helping Users From Romania
National Channels

Channels which use languages other than English. Please note that this is only a basic list, and thousands more "alternative language" channels exist on DALnet. The following is a listing with the language spoken in that channel.

#brasil

Portuguese

 #finland

Finnish

 #iceland

Icelandic

 #india

Indian

 #israel

Hebrew

 #italia

Italian

 #malaysia

Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay

 #Indonesia

Indonesian

 #manila

Tagalog, English

 #france and #quebec

French

 #norway

Norwegian

 #mexico and #spain

Spanish

 #pakistan

Pakistani

 #poland

Polish

 #russia

Russian

 #sweden

Swedish

 #uae

Arabic
References

The following URLs are useful documents that may be of interest to you.

1) http://help.dal.net/HelpCommittee/ - Information and application for recommended help channel status.

2) http://docs.dal.net/docs/chandev.html - Channel Development and Security Guide