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Koach.com is an online community featuring an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network and a message board. Although emphasis is placed on both elements, the IRC aspect has come to be the community's flagship feature.

Foundation and purpose
When MSN Chat announced that the service would be discontinued as of October 16, 2006, dedicated MSN chatters became upset and outraged and lodged a request for a new place to chat. Because MSN had been a notable matchmaker for many, its chatters feared becoming displaced from a familiar chat environment. A former MSN Chat network administrator, who had previously formed a long-standing community on MSN Groups, established the IRC network shortly before the demise of MSN Chat and recruited a staff to assist him with a website and with running the IRC network.

The motto of the Koach.com community is “We remember what it’s like to be new,” which illustrated the community’s willingness to receive new users at all times. A java webchat is available for newcomers and for those who prefer not to use IRC clients like mIRC or IceChat.

IRC network
Koach.com’s IRC network consists of three servers (two hold the users, and one holds the services). The main server address is irc.koach.com (port 6667), and the main channels are #koachsworkshop and #newcomers. IRC operators are almost always available to assist users, and a help channel, #helpdesk, is available as well. Koach.com prides itself as being a very “clean” medium for all types of communication, with little intervention by IRC operators; however, there is a Code of Conduct in place, and it is enforced effectively.