Short:        AIM / ICQ / IRC Instant Messaging
Author:       Daniel Reed <n@ml.org> and others (see contents)
Uploader:     powerstack usa net
Type:         comm/tcp
Version:      0.11.8.3.1
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.0.0

This is a direct port of the text-based Instant-Message client "naim"
to the Amiga using GNU C and the ncurses library. "naim" is open source
software distributed under the GNU public license.

It supports the following protocols:

- AOL Instant Messenger
- ICQ
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- Lily


Requirements:
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- a TCP stack such as AmiTCP, Genesis, Miami


Installation:
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To start the client, the following scripts are provided. They set the
correct stack-size and make required assigns for the ncurses-display.

- startscript_aim (for AIM)
- startscript_icq (for ICQ)
- startscript_irc (for IRC)


If you're receiving error messages about the Terminal-type you use not
being supported, please consult the documentation of the ncurses-library
on Aminet.


The following changes were made to NAIM for the AmigaOS port:

- F2-key is used to change to the next buddy (instead of TAB)
- F3-key is used to change to the previous page (instead of PageUp)
- F4-key is used to change to the next page (instead of PageDown)
- The home-directory (used for saving the configuration and logfiles)
  is specified via your env-variable "HOME". (Set it with "set HOME=...")


Authors:
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For the original naim-sourcecode, see the file AUTHORS in the archive.
naim was ported to AmigaOS by powerstack@usa.net.


Support:
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There is no permanent support provided for this Amiga-version of naim.
If you discover a problems, feel free to correct them in the supplied
sourcecode and release it. See GPL for a detailed copyright notice.