Other Forums
How to access IRC - A document about what IRC is, how to download and install IRC clients, how to access various IRC servers, etc. The following are ASH related irc channels:
Description | Server | Port | Channel |
---|---|---|---|
ASBS Channel. Private server, so better performance and no netsplits | irc.ashbusstop.org | 6667 | #alt.suicide.bus.stop |
Channel on the Atomic-Chat network | irc.atomicchat.net | 6667 | #alt.suicide.holiday |
How to access the newsgroup - A document about what Usenet is, what a newsgroup is, how to download a newsreader, how to subscribe to ASH, related newsgroups, how to ask your ISP to carry newsgroups.
How to access the mailing lists - A document about what a mailing list is, how to get a web-based email account for mailing lists, how to sign up, ASH-related mailing lists.
how to access ICQ - A document about what ICQ is, how to download and install ICQ, and how to trade ICQ numbers with other ASHer's.
For languages other than English, there is a German web forum - Freitod-forum. In addition there is a German portal with links to suicide related info.
The Spanish portal, Suicidiario, is a "weblog mueseum of suicide". The author's position is that suicide is not necessarily a disease or an act of madness.
Additional forums (including forums in other languages) and irc channels appear on the main ash website.