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| ====== Welcome to AfterNET ====== | ====== Welcome to AfterNET ====== |
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| AfterNET is a network of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) servers that was founded in September of 1996 and is dedicated to providing a free, quality chat environment, which gives people all over the world a means to communicate with each other. As a completely volunteer run organization, we strive to be a place where the [[policies:freedom|freedom of speech]] of all our users is respected. We are in it for the community, not for a profit. | AfterNET is a network of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) servers that was founded in September of 1996 and is dedicated to providing a free, quality chat environment, which gives people all over the world a means to communicate with each other. As a completely volunteer run organization, we strive to be a place where the [[policies:freedom|freedom of speech]] of all our users is respected. We are in it for the community, not for a profit. |
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| ====== News and updates ====== | ====== News and updates ====== |
| * April 8, 2020: We are transitioning to free Let's Encrypt certificates. Please let us know if this causes any problems! See [[:help:connecting:ssl|Connecting securely to AfterNET]] | * We have an IRC <--> Matrix bridge running. You can use our [[https://element.afternet.org|hosted version of the Element web-based matrix client]], or configure your Element [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.vector.app&hl=en_US|android]]/[[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/element-messenger/id1083446067|ios]] app to use the matrix.afternet.org homeserver with your AfterNet username/password. Channels are bridged in as e.g. [[https://matrix.to/#/#afternet:afternet.org|#afternet:afternet.org]] and users are @username:afternet.org |
| * We're testing [[https://kiwiirc.afternet.org/|KiwiIRC]], a new web-based IRC client. [[https://kiwiirc.afternet.org/|Give it a try]] and let us know what you think! | * We're offering [[https://kiwiirc.afternet.org/|KiwiIRC]], a web-based IRC client. [[https://kiwiirc.afternet.org/|Give it a try]] and let us know what you think! |
| * You can now [[:help:connecting:ipv6|connect to AfterNET via IPv6]] at our regular [[irc://irc.afternet.org|irc.afternet.org]] address, which has both A and AAAA records. Check out our [[:help:connecting:ipv6|IPv6 page]] for help. | * You can now [[:help:connecting:ipv6|connect to AfterNET via IPv6]] at our regular [[irc://irc.afternet.org|irc.afternet.org]] address, which has both A and AAAA records. Check out our [[:help:connecting:ipv6|IPv6 page]] for help. |
| * AfterNET now offers **[[https://www.afternet.org/qwebirc|qwebirc]]**, a web-based IRC client similar to Mibbit! qwebirc is open source, free of advertisements, and runs directly on our own servers. Our qwebirc implementation also supports login-on-connect (check the "Auth to services" box at the login screen) and encryption. Feel free to [[https://www.afternet.org/qwebirc|test it out]] and give us your feedback. Stop by #help to report any issues. | |
| * The [[https://www.afternet.org/qwebirc|qwebirc]] client also makes it easy for you to create a custom chat link for your users or even embed the chat window directly into your website. Click the logo in the top left corner of the qwebirc interface and choose "Add webchat to your site" to get started. | |
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| ====== Come join us ====== | ====== Come join us ====== |
