Sometimes a situation requires a private discussion between you and another editor or group of editors. When in an IRC, it’s simple to create your own private channel, and invite other users to join in. • Create your separate channel by typing /join #channel, where channel is the name of your new channel. • Register it with /cs register #channel (optional) . • Inside the new channel, assign a topic to it by typing /topic #quantum This channel is about recent change patrol where This channel is about recent changes patrol is the the topic of the new channel. • Invite others to join. In the larger, public channel, type /Invite john #channel, where john is the user name and #channel is your channel.’ • If you want your channel to be invitation only, type /mode #channel +i where #channel is the name of your channel. Set your new channel to private or secret by typing /mode #mynewchannel +s for secret and /mode #mynewchannel +p for private. If you don’t mind your new channel bein
