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NAME

       Ayttm - Universal Instant Messaging client

SYNOPSIS

       ayttm [options]...

DESCRIPTION

       Ayttm  is  an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several
       major instant messaging services from one simple program. Ayttm "Contacts" allow you to refer to  several
       accounts  of  the  same  person  from  a  single contact name, making it one of the cleanest and simplest
       clients to use.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display help and exit

       -v, --version
              Output version information and exit

       -g, --geometry
              Set position of main window

       -d, --config-dir
              Specify configuration directory

       -D, --disable-server
              Disable console message server

       -c, --contact
              Specify contact to send a message to via console server

       -m, --message
              Specify the message to send via console server (Note:  -c and -m must be used together)

DESCRIPTION

       Ayttm is a unified multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to stay  in  touch  with  your
       contacts across multiple protocols through one conventient interface.

       Currently  Ayttm supports AIM, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo!. A detailed list of features is available
       at:
       http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/features.shtml

FILES

       $(HOME)/.ayttm/accounts - information about your accounts
       $(HOME)/.ayttm/contacts - contact/buddy list
       $(HOME)/.ayttm/logs/ - conversation logs
       $(HOME)/.ayttm/prefs - preferences

FEEDBACK

       For  submitting  bug  reports,  patches,  feature  requests  and  support  requests,   please   use   the
       Sourceforge.net tracker for Ayttm at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77614

       Before  sending  a bug report, please verify that you have the latest version of Ayttm.  Many bugs (major
       and minor) are fixed at each release, and if yours is out of date, the  problem  may  already  have  been
       solved.

SEE ALSO

       Ayttm Home Page: http://ayttm.sourceforge.net
       Ayttm User Manual: http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ayttm-manual

LICENCE

       This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General  Public
       License for more details.

       You  should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write
       to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA

AUTHORS

       The authors of Ayttm are:

       Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net> Lead Developer
       Andy S. Maloney <a_s_maloney@yahoo.com> Code Monkey
       Philip S. Tellis <philip.tellis@iname.com> Yahoo!
       Edward L. Haletky <elh@astroarch.com> Windows Port
       Tahir Hashmi <code_martial@softhome.net> Manual, Doc.
       Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com>

       This manpage was adapted from one written by Laurel Fan <lf25@andrew.cmu.edu> for EveryBuddy.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Ayttm is an heir of EveryBuddy (http://www.everybuddy.com).   We  would  like  to  thank  the  EveryBuddy
       development team for their contribution.

       Special thanks to Mark Spencer, initial creator of GAIM, for all of the tremendous support he has given.

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