NationCHAT offers free ZNC accounts with IPv6 and SSL, so your IRC identity stays online even when your client is closed.
ZNC is an advanced IRC network bouncer with various settings, a popular and very stable server that stays between the real IRC server and you. When you disconnect from the ZNC server, it stays connected to the IRC server, logging your messages, queries, channels and many other settings. When you connect back, everything that was saved is there, and you are in the same channels you were before disconnecting.
If you have questions, ask in #NationBNC. If nobody answers, email bnc@nationchat.org.
A BNC account requires a username registered with X and a valid email address on file. Please be patient and respect the BNC team members. They do it for free, and for you.
Read the full guide to AdiIRC, Revolution IRC, Palaver and terminal clients with SSL on port 6697.
Automated instant setup. Your bouncer credentials will be emailed to your inbox.