There was a really good thread in the success forum that had some suggestions on how to use this file, but I believe it was lost in the crash. I remember finding a few other helpful posts when I did a search on a similar topic - try in success and in this forum and maybe general too.
I can never get in. Can you connect via an IRC chat program? Is the server name "wildfire.wishes.com" and the port 6667 if you use an IRC program? I can never connect via the website and wanted to try another way.