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>1. Introduction</H1
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>This document is still WIP, and should be treated as such. I'll do
my best to keep it updated and accurate.</P
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>The following bibles shouldn't be ignored:</P
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>RFC 1459 by Jarkko Oikarinen and Darren Reed was the first about
the Internet Relay Chat Protocol -
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>RFC 2810 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
Architecture of the Internet Relay Chat -
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>RFC 2811 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
Channel Management of the Internet Relay Chat -
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>RFC 2812 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
Client Protocol of the Internet Relay Chat -
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>RFC 2813 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
Server Protocol of the Internet Relay Chat -
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>Also be sure to check the following links:</P
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>1.1. Objectives</H2
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>Among others, the objectives of this mini-HOWTO are:</P
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>Link important resources about IRC;</P
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>Avoid common misuses of IRC by writing an IRC Etiquette;</P
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>List popular clients, servers, bots, and bouncers, along with
their maintainers, #channel, small description, download location, home
page, and hints;</P
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>List IRC tools available in the latest release of all major
distributions.</P
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>1.2. Miscellaneous</H2
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>The latest version of this document is available at
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>A WIP of the next draft may be available at
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>All drafts are archived at
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>Everything <EM
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>You can e-mail me (in English, French, or Portuguese) with
suggestions about the mini-HOWTO. I know this is far from finished, but
hope you find it useful. Just try to avoid asking me to add your
application, distribution, or site. Most likely I won't, but you can try
to persuade me. Also don't ask for technical support. I have no time to
help everyone.</P
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>BTW, someone to work on the protocol and server sides would be
very welcome.</P
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>Fr<EFBFBD>d<EFBFBD>ric L. W. Meunier - <A
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>1.3. Translations</H2
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>Proposed translations will be linked here. Although I can write in
Brazilian Portuguese and French, I'm not going to translate this
document in the near future, so feel free to make them.</P
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