irc client with good logging/autoconnect/authorize upon connect capabilities

irc client with good logging/autoconnect/authorize upon connect capabilities I need an IRC client with good logging / autoconnect upon disconnect / authorize upon succesful connect capabilities. Simply, something that will sit in the background and record some channels so I can quickly reread them later.
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Guest [Entry]

"Pidgin should fit the bill, it will automatically reconnect upon disconnect, automatically join channels you select, and it will log all channels in separate HTML files.

Install the Plugin Pack and activate IRC Helper and IRC More from the plugin menu.

Update

Read the instructions for IRC Helper and IRC More plugins.

Pidgin is free open source software (FOSS), a portable version is available here."

Guest [Entry]

"On Windows I prefer ChatZilla (http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com). It does everything you ask for.

See http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#autoperform for automatically authorizing with nickserv for example.

ChatZilla is written in JavaScript, and can be scripted in that same language

EDIT:
ChatZilla is built to be run from Firefox, but you can also run it standalone using XULRunner: http://chatzilla.rdmsoft.com/xulrunner/ Google will tell you how to make it all portable so you can run it from a USB drive, if you need that."