# notes on using hexchat

## step 2b. connect to an IRC server

another client that expects to have a handful of servers setup, but can still be asked to connect without configuration.
```
/server -ssl irc.thebackupbox.net 6697
```

## step 3. join a channel
```
/join #default
```
that's literally it.

## step 4. off-the-record (optional if you trust the server operator)

if you are on debian, you're in luck, there's a debian package for the hexchat OTR (off the record) plugin.
should be able to:
```
apt-get install hexchat-otr
```
To get it going
```
/otr start
/otr start
/otr start
/otr auth something
```
then the other side needs to "auth" the same something
and you should get some messages about OTR