Ya'll are correct about the servers in Microsoft Chat. The servers that were default in the program shut down in 2001. Since then there have been several replacement servers pop up for people who fell in love with this style of chatting. The Comic Chat servers were originally IRCX servers but Microsoft Chat is very adaptable to other types of IRC server software. I am affiliated with a true IRCX server running the same server software that Microsoft Comic Chat was designed for. The shortcut you posted earlier is probably the best resource site for those that want to use Comic Chat still. Mermaid Elizabeth's MS Chat Resource Site The replacement servers are listed on the IRC Server List page. I work on Comic-Reach Chat Services . Please feel free to stop by sometime and try out Comic Chat