Setup Irscci on Ubuntu

Here are the steps while I was trying to learn setting up shell based IRC Client (I opted for Irssi ) on Ubuntu

1. Install irscci: sudo apt-get install irssi
2. Start irscci: irscci
3. Connect to an irc server e.g. /connect irc.freenode.net
4. Choose some screen name which should be unique:
1. /set nick <unique_nick_name>
5. You can opt to register this nickname and verify it
1. /msg nickserv register <password> <email>
2. To switch between message and current window use Alt+a, Alt+1, Alt+2
6. An email will be triggered with a verification command of the format: /msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER <nickname> <passcode>
7. Join any group with groupname: /join <ircroom> e.g. /join ubuntu
8. To autoregister the nickname, use the following command
1. /network add -autosendcmd "/msg nickserv identify password ;wait 2000" freenode

Reference:
http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi
http://www.kungfoocode.org/how-to/my-perfect-irssi-setup/
http://lizzie.spod.cx/screenirssi.shtml
http://irssi.org/documentation