Zircon supports the SOCKS V4 protocol. If you have to go
through a SOCKS gateway then you need to do the following :

1) In your preferences file add a line of the form

   usesocks <SOCKS HOST> [<SOCKS PORT>]
   
   if you dont give a port number it defauls to 1080. Note that
   currently zircon assumes that *ALLA* IRC traffic is directed
   through SOCKS. You cannot (at the moment) have one netspace that
   uses SOCKS and another that doesn't. I appreciate that there may
   be some circumstances where this is needed and if you have a genuine
   need for this featrue let me know ASAP and I will add it.
   
2) SOCKS works with ip addresses. Unfortunately tcl/tk does not have any
   support for DNS access so you will need to provide ip addresses for the
   hosts you wish to contact. Do this like this:
   
   Server -host foo.bar.irc -ip 42.0.0.1
   
   If you dont jgive an ip address zircon will give you an error.
   
Please let me know how you get on with the SOCKS software and of course
let me know of any bugs or changes that are needed as soon as you find them.

Lindsay
