irssi guide

guides/irssi/guide.md

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+## irssi IRCRelay Set-up Guide
+
+### Get the Client
+
+First, you'll need do download and install [irssi](http://www.irssi.org/).
+
+### Adding the Server
+
+We'll assume that you're setting up a connection to freenode and have used the standard convention of ```<username>_<irc network name>``` e.g. ```pearkes_freenode```.
+
+```/SERVER ADD -auto -ssl -ssl_verify -network IRCRelay irc.ircrelay.com 6697```
+```/NETWORK ADD -user pearkes_freenode IRCRelay```
+
+If you don't mind your IRCRelay password being available in clear text, you could amend the ```/SERVER``` command to include your password as so.
+
+```/SERVER ADD -auto -ssl -ssl_verify -network IRCRelay irc.ircrelay.com 6697 <your IRCRelay password>```
+
+### Connect
+
+To start your connection to IRCRelay just use ```/CONNECT IRCRelay```.
+
+If you didn't specify your irc password, you'll be prompted to provide on the initial connection and can use the following command: ```/QUOTE PASS <IRCRelay>:<your IRCRelay password>```
+
+Incidentally when you next start up irssi, you'll automatically connect to IRCRelay.
+
+### Support
+
+If you're having trouble, please visit the [support](https://www.ircrelay.com/support) page.