I have a stupid question but I have to ask it. Why would someone use Mirc instead of Yahoo or MSN (Messenger or the other one can’t remember it’s name?).

I’m asking because I have a student here in America who will soon be going back to his country in Latin America. I want him to be able to chat with his fellow students here. I don’t really use Messenger or the other one, I use Mirc. But Messenger and the other are perhaps easier to set up (you only need a screen name) and it’s free, so….?

My other question is can you log in to Mirc, connect to the server and then be able to “chat” with someone else who is connected, all w/o opening a channel?

Thx!