Our Chat Room
Chat in real time with all your friends and make new ones in the comfort of your own home. We play word games, exchange recipes from Recipezaar, tell jokes, get immediate answers to cooking questions, and just visit with each other. Anything goes as long as it is respectful and clean. I am very proud to say that Recipezaar has one of the best chat rooms on the Koach.com server with very very few trouble makers or problems.
You can find the link to the chat room above the talk forums (right above Request a Recipe). Click on "Community Forums" at the
bottom of any page in order to find the whole list with the chat room at the top of it.
Our scheduled chats are Wednesday and Friday nights at around 9 pm Eastern time, but we would love to see people using the room every day or evening. The room belongs to everyone on Recipezaar, and you don't need an invitation to go there. The same rules apply there that apply here. Just respect each other and play nice.
If you missing getting your chat name on sign in, you can still get it after you get to the room. To get your name you can type in /nick and then your name (IE: /nick Karen). This is called an irc command and will get you your name. If someone on the chat server is already using the name that you wish to use, the server will let you know and you will have to chose a different name as it only allows one person at a time to use that name.
Microsoft 2.5
To download Microsoft 2.5, click the address below and save to disk. This is a very easy download and does not take up much room on your disk.
http://www.mermeliz.com/cchat.htm
After you have it installed, go to start/programs and look for Microsoft chat or Microsoft 2.5.
Double click it to open up the chat box.
Type in
koach.com in the box under Server.
Click the circle next to go to chat room: and type in
#Recipezaar_Chat in the box beside it. It is case sensitive.
Click the next tab to the right at the top of the box that says Personal Info.
Under Real Name, just put in some XXXXX.
Under Nick name, type in the name you wish to use to chat with.
Do not type in your email or anyone can see it.
You may put in a brief description if you want to, but remember that people can see it if they want to.
Click apply and ok. You should go right to the room.
When you get there, be sure to save the room to favorites which is at the top of your chat screen. If you would like the room to be on your desk top, left click it once to highlight it and then right click it and send it to your desktop.
How do I make those automated greetings and things in Chat?
These instructions are for using the Microsoft Chat client:
Go to View > Macros > Define Macro
Click on the "Rules" Tab
Click on Add Rule button
Event = A User joins a room
Nickname = Anyone but me
Room = My activated room
Action = Play a Sound on Your Machine
Sound File Name — choose from your set of .wavs
You can also make the Action to Execute a Macro, and you can automatically welcome anyone entering the room with a hug or a hello.
The Chat Room for Mac users
Go to
http://www.macorchard.com/chat/Conversation.php and download Conversation v 2.4.1 (if that is compatible with your OS) or the earlier version. They both work.
Run the application. Under the FILE menu it will say NEW. Select that and it should say "Server" at the top of the dialog box that pops up.
In the text box below, way at the bottom, type
irc.koach.com and to the right of that is a drop down menu - select open & add to favorites.
In that same file/new/dialog box where it said server at the top - change that to "channel" and type in
#Recipezaar_Chat.
Pirch Users
http://www.pirch.com/software.html
If you have not yet installed pirch, double click the icon and save to disk.
Open Pirch and click on login.
Under
IRC Network, I have
UNDERNET. You can probably find it in the drop down menu if you click on the arrow, but if you can't, just type it there.
Type
irc.koach.com in the server box.
Under Personal information, leave the name as
Pirch.
Under username type in
pirch@pirchat.com
Under Login name type the first one as you would want to use it in chat.
Chose something else in Alternate.
Make sure the auto connect box is checked
Check the invisible on server box.
Now click on the connect button.
Once you see the server message, you know you are on the server. Click on Channel at the top of your chat box; click on list channels.
Scroll down to
#recipezaar_chat and double click it. You should go right into the room.
mIRC users
http://www.mirc.com/
Setting up the connection: Double click on the MIRC icon on your desktop. A window will pop up at the top left corner. It will say mIRC options on the right you will see a drop down menu that says IRC Networks and a drop down menu. The word in the menu will say "All" Keep it at "All" Next to all (on the right of it) you will see "ADD" Click on that. Fill out the spaces as follows:
Description: Type in
irc.koach.com
IRC Server: Type in
irc.koach.com
Port(s) Type in
6667
Group: leave blank
Password: leave blank
Click on OK
Underneath ALL is another drop down menu. Click on it and then click on
. It may be at the top of the menu or you may have to scroll down to get to it.
Further down you will see Full name: Put the name you want to use on MIRC such as your "Zaar" name. DO NOT put your full name there.
Please DO NOT put in your email address. Leave it blank.
Place the name you want to use in chat in Nickname.
Chose a second choice name for Alternative.
Now you are ready to connect. Click on "Connect to IRC Server."
A white window and another box will pop up. In the left hand corner of the box that pops up it will say "mIRC Channels Folder" Directly below that you will see "Enter name of channel to join" and a white long and narrow "box" (Like you see on MSIE or Netscape where you type the URL in.) In that line/box type in
#Recipezaar_Chat (it is case sensitive) and then click on ADD You can click on Join that is right next to that box but then you will have to do this step again. Once you have clicked on add, you will need to scroll down until you find
#Recipezaar_Chat. Click on it to highlight it and then click on Join (not the join at the top) or double click on the
#Recipezaar_Chat. Once you do that step, it should take you into the chat room.
If you have any questions, we have many seasoned chatters on Recipezaar now or you can leave an ISO for me and I will do my best to get your there.
Your chat room host,
Karen aka Lady
PLEASE READ KOACH'S CODE OF CONDUCT IN THE LINK BELOW
http://koach.com/index.php?id=coc
The old thread, dated July 19, 2003. Updated June 12, 2007. Updated March, 24, 2008. Updated February 24, 2009.
Karen From Colorado
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Hi Karen,cookie jim here.I wrote you a week ago about changing my password and screen name,it worked...Yea! I'm writing cause I'm not sure I get what's happening with chat. I would like to dicuss a few different things in chat but the tutorial is way over my head. There were so many terms that I dont understand that I think it would be best for me to cancel my membership.I do'nt function well with stress which is what I'm feeling.Would you guide me through cancelation? Nice to see your feet again..lol.I hope you are well. Thanks...cookie...ps I'm happy with the recipieZarr format and will be quite happy there... 
Michelle_My_Belle
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