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+ *** NEWS (Version 1.1 and later) ***
+
+Starting from version 1.1, BitlBee has a forking daemon mode. The Debian
+package now uses this mode by default, instead of inetd mode. If you don't
+want to use this, you can disable the init scripts (best way to do this is
+by editing /etc/default/bitlbee) and restore the inetd.conf entry. This
+should be necessary only once, it won't be touched during upgrades.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Debconf should have asked you on what port you want BitlBee to run. If it
+did not, the port number should be 6667 or 6668. (6668 if you already got
+something running at 6667)
+
+Fire up your favourite IRC client and connect to localhost:6667 (or 6668),
+and read the documentation (type help for a list of commands).
+
+Have fun!
+
+The /usr/share/doc/bitlbee/examples/ directory contains some programs and
+scripts you might like or need. They're not really examples but it's quite
+normal behaviour to put small contrib stuff like that in there.