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                      ** Welcome to our new IRC Server **
 
   This is (now) the DesktopMasters Network...
     (Formally known as Dangerous-Minds or D$M or DM)
  
   We now have (new) Services (again) so you may need to re-register your nick
     and password.
 
   Rules are as follows....
     You MUST READ THE RULES (Yes reading the rules is a rule), Do not be annoying,
       discriminate against, attack, insult, shame, bully, talk over or belittle
       others.
     Anger and Hate are NOT tollerated.
     No begging for or asking money (Panhandling)
     (Channel OPs may augment these rules in their personal channels)
 
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  |                                 **  IF YOU ARE NEW  **                                 |
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  | Take the time to go through the below information step by step.                        |
  |                                 It does not take long                                  |
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  |  HOW TO REGISTER...                                                                    |
  |    Register your nick with /NS REGISTER <Your EMail> <Your Password>                   |
  |      (This will send you a confirmation email with a confirmation command with code    |
  |        to copy/paste into the server)                                                  |
  |      (The Confirmation EMail will come from admin@desktopmasters.com)                  |
  |    Once you are registered you can create additional nicks and join them to your main  |
  |      nick with the  /NS GROUP command.  Use /NS HELP GROUP - to learn about it.        |
  |    You must identify when you connect with the below command.  You can configure your  |
  |      IRC Client to do it for you...                                                    |
  |      /IDENTIFY <password> or /ID <password> or /NS IDENTIFY <password>                 |
  |    To learn about changing settings and privies tied to your nick use...               |
  |      /NS HELP SET                                                                      |
  |    For Example...                                                                      |
  |      /NS SET HIDE EMAIL ON - To hide your EMail address.                               |
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  |  OTHER COMMANDS and INFO                                                               |
  |    /LIST - to list available channels.  You can use wildcard search text with this.    |
  |    /JOIN <#channel name> - To join a channel.  Some will require you to be registered  |
  |      before you can talk or join                                                       |
  |    /NS HELP AJOIN - To set the server to auto-join channels when you connect and       |
  |      identify.                                                                         |
  |    /CS HELP - To learn about registering your own channel.                             |
  |    /MSG <UserName> to direct mesage people.                                            |
  |    /NS is short for /MSG NICKSERV                                                      |
  |    None of this is case sensitive.                                                     |
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