BitchX-1.0 Readme file by NovaHak <novahak@bitchx.org>
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BitchX is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client by Colten Edwards aka
panasync@efnet. BitchX was originally based on ircII 2.8, but is currently
based on the ircii-EPIC4 releases by Jeremy Nelson.

BitchX was originally started as a script by Trench and HappyCrappy
for the popular UNIX IRC client ircII. Around Christmas of 1994 the
script was patched directly into the client by panasync. Below is a poll of
favorite IRC clients:

                            Favorite IRC Client
                      Displaying results of the poll.
               BitchX   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 1386 / 36%
                 Kirc   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 148  / 3%
                ircII   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 713  / 18%
                 Mirc   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 419  / 10%
                 Virc   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 180  / 4%
                 Epic   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 235  / 6%
                Other   [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 507  / 13%
                             3818 total votes.
                             
Quite clearly you can see that BitchX is by far the head of the
poll =]

BitchX Mailing List:
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There is a BitchX mailing list, to subscribe you must e-mail 
majordomo@lists.bitchx.com with the words "subscribe bitchx" in the
body (without the quotes) and NOTHING else. You will almost instantly
get a reply with a confirmation code that you must paste into the body
of a new message and send back. You will then receive another e-mail
giving you information about the list, etc. Once subscribed you can
post your comments by e-mailing bitchx@lists.bitchx.com.

Links:
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http://www.bitchx.com/		<-- The official BitchX web site
ftp://ftp.bitchx.com/		<-- The official BitchX ftp site
http://www.bitchx.com/gtk/	<-- The official gtkBitchX web site
http://www.bitchx.com/pm/	<-- The official PMBitchX web site
http://scripts.bitchx.com/	<-- The official BitchX script web site
http://we.got.net/~brian/	<-- Another BitchX script site (fudd's)
http://chemlab.org/~novahak/	<-- My BitchX related web site (NovaHak)
ftp://ftp.bitchx.org/
ftp://ftp.gr.bitchx.com/	<-- BitchX.com mirror in greece
ftp://ftp.ircii.org/pub/BitchX/	<-- BitchX.com mirror

Contacts:
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Readme File Maintainer: novahak@bitchx.org
       FAQ Maintainers: novahak@bitchx.org || power@power.zepa.net
     BitchX Maintainer: edwards@bitchx.dimension6.com
  gtkBitchX Maintainer: dbsoft@technologist.com
   PMBitchX Maintainer: dbsoft@technologist.com
     Configure Scripts: david@bitchx.org
      Lists Maintainer: raistlin@tacorp.net
    Scripts Maintainer: openface@puckrock.com
    
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      After reading this PLEASE read BitchX.faq and BitchX.doc

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