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, it is based on it's predecessors ircII and EPIC.

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. Since then
BitchX has dominated the IRC market of today, below is a poll of
peoples favorite 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.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)

Contact:
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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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