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|  Welcome to CryptIRC.                                       |
|                                                             |
|  Use of this network is a privilege, not a right.           |
|  Abusive or disruptive behavior will cause you to be        |
|  banned from this network.  Please think before you act.    |
|                                                             |
|  You are strongly encouraged to visit the CryptIRC Policy   |
|  Document Center, which contains the documents that ouline  |
|  and specify the policies and rules under which CryptIRC    |
|  and its channels operate.  In the event of any dispute     |
|  over actions taken by users, chanops, or IRCops, the       |
|  Policy Document Center should be your first reference.     |
|                                                             |
|  You may visit the CryptIRC Policy Document Center at:      |
|                                                             |
|    http://policy.cryptirc.net/                              |
|                                                             |
|                                                             |
|  --- OFFICIAL HELP CHANNEL ---                              |
|                                                             |
|  If you:                                                    |
|     - have questions about network policy                   |
|     - have questions about how to use this IRC network      |
|     - have questions about how to use services              |
|     - would like to report abusive users and trolls         |
|     - would like to report violation of either network      |
|       or channel policy                                     |
|     - need assistance wnen no chanops are available         |
|     - need assistance of any sort from an IRCop             |
|                                                             |
|  Then please visit the official CryptIRC help channel:      |
|                                                             |
|    #help                                                    |
|                                                             |
|  The CryptIRC staff will be glad to assist you.             |
|                                                             |
|                                                             |
|  --- NOTICES ---                                            |
|                                                             |
|  SSL CONNECTIONS SUPPORTED ON PORT 7000                     |
|    SSL allows you to connect securely to this network,      |
|    preventing eavesdroppers from intercepting and reading   |
|    your IRC traffic.  If you wish to use SSL, you may       |
|    connect to port 7000 on any cryptirc server.             |
|                                                             |
|    Please read your IRC client's documentation for more     |
|    information on how to configure SSL.                     |
|                                                             |
|  REGISTER YOUR NICK                                         |
|    You are strongly encouraged to register your IRC nick    |
|    in order to prevent others from using it.  For more      |
|    information, type:    /msg nickserv help register        |
|                                                             |
|  CRYPTIRC.NET QUOTES DATABASE                               |
|    Check out http://quotes.cryptirc.net/ for some funny     |
|    IRC retardation.                                         |
|                                                             |
|                                                             |
|  --- CHANNELS WORTH CHECKING OUT ---                        |
|                                                             |
|  * #cryptirc                      Offical CryptIRC channel  |
|  * #help                    Official CryptIRC help channel  |
|                                                             |
|  * #binrev                 Official binrev.com irc channel  |
|  * #420                 Voted best channel on cryptirc.net  |
|  * #trivia                 Bored? Play some hacker trivia!  |
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