Pam said that you can use tx for thanks. Another common one for thanks/thank you is ta.

As for sending stuff, on mIRC (which is the only one I know how to use) I always use DCC. To do this you:

Click on someone's nick on the right of the channel to select them.

Right click to see a menu.

Select DCC. Within that, select send (if you select chat, it will open a private window with that person -- what people will call an IM window). It will open a window with your computer's files. Select whatever it is that you want to send, the same way you open a document in Word, for ex, and then choose send. And you're good to go!

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What is this SWTGTWWSSK (I know, I've got the letters wrong) club?
I believe that is the Society of Writers Against The Use of Annoying *s. Or something like that. Someone else remember the exact name?

Bethy

I don't suffer from insanity...I enjoy every minute of it.