Zephyr is an underlying chat system; the built-in tools for exchanging messages via Zephyr are rudimentary. Most people who use Zephyr today take advantage of integrated clients that make the system easy to use.
+Here are [[detailed instructions for getting onto Zephyr.|doc/zephyr-quick]]
+
## Major clients
Here are some of the primary clients used at MIT. There's also a listing of [other Zephyr clients](http://zephyr.1ts.org/wiki/ZephyrClients), but their use is generally not recommended.
### BarnOwl
-[BarnOwl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/) is a command-line Zephyr client that supports advanced filtering and customisation. It is probably the most commonly used client, but requires some effort to get started. To use BarnOwl effectively, you should connect to an [Athena dialup](http://web.mit.edu/dialup/www/ssh.html) and run BarnOwl along with a program to renew your Kerberos tickets. The Athena command `athrun sipb pag-screen` will set up ticket renewal, and `athrun barnowl` after that will run BarnOwl itself.
+[BarnOwl](https://barnowl.mit.edu/) is a command-line Zephyr client that supports advanced filtering and customisation. It is probably the most commonly used client, but requires some effort to get started. To use BarnOwl effectively, you should connect to an [Athena dialup](https://web.mit.edu/dialup/www/ssh.html) and run BarnOwl along with a program to renew your Kerberos tickets. The Athena command `athrun sipb pag-screen` will set up ticket renewal, and `athrun barnowl` after that will run BarnOwl itself.
-In addition to primarily supporting Zephyr, BarnOwl also lets you connect to [AIM](http://aim.com), [XMPP/Jabber](http://xmpp.org/) (Google Talk, Facebook, etc.), [Twitter](http://twitter.com), and IRC networks.
+In addition to primarily supporting Zephyr, BarnOwl also lets you connect to [AIM](https://aim.com), [XMPP/Jabber](https://xmpp.org/) (Google Talk, Facebook, etc.), [Twitter](https://twitter.com), and IRC networks.
-See [Getting Started with BarnOwl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/GettingStarted) for more information.
+See [Getting Started with BarnOwl](https://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/GettingStarted) for more information.
### Roost
### Zulip
-[Zulip](https://zulipchat.com/zephyr) ([source code](https://github.com/zulip/zulip)) is a web-based Zephyr client that also provides [mobile apps](https://zephyr.zulipchat.com/apps) for Android and iOS and desktop apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Zulip is developed by a company composed largely of MIT alums and SIPB members.
+[Zulip](https://zulipchat.com/zephyr) ([source code](https://github.com/zulip/zulip)) is a web-based Zephyr client that also provides [mobile apps](https://zephyr.zulipchat.com/apps) for Android and iOS and desktop apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Zulip was originally a proprietary product developed by a company composed largely of MIT alums and SIPB members. It was acquired by [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/about) in 2014, and [released as open-source software](https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2015/09/open-sourcing-zulip-a-dropbox-hack-week-project/) a year later. The Zulip for Zephyr service is offered by [Tim Abbott](https://web.mit.edu/tabbott/www/) (MIT '06, SIPB member)'s Kandra Labs.
+
Zulip, like Roost, is easy to set up because it uses Webathena for authentication.
-See [Zulip for MIT setup](http://zulipchat.com/zephyr) for details.
+See [Zulip for MIT setup](https://zulipchat.com/zephyr) for details.
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> report what one is working on or up to, or ask friends questions, or
> just rant about something.
+<strong>hello</strong>:
+> -c hello is for introducing yourself to the Zephyrsphere!
+> Send a zephyr to `-c hello -i YOUR_USERNAME` to let people
+> know you're a Zephyr user! This is a way to find out who else you know
+> uses Zephyr so you can subscribe to their class, and to get to know
+> new people through Zephyr. Also, feel free to invite others to
+> subscribe to your class!
+
<strong>unclasses</strong>:
> Most classes have an unclass, formed by prefixing "un" to the name. For
> example, -c help has the unclass -c unhelp. The unclass is generally used for
> or vice versa.
<strong>to Stark</strong>:
-> To answer a question or replying to a topic to a topic several hours
+> To answer a question or reply to a topic several hours
> (or days, occasionally) later. The term originates from Greg Stark,
> who would often reply to zephyrs hours or occasionally days later
> without seeing if anyone had answered yet, or worse, if the instance
> linking to the original source for reasons of privacy or discretion. "eiz"
> means "Elsewhere in Zephyr", "eip" means "Elsewhere in Personals".
+<strong>eiw</strong>:
+> "Elsewhere in Webspace": instance used to comment on events on the Internet beyond Zephyr (like, say, on another messaging service).
+
<strong>eim</strong>:
> "Elsewhere in Meatspace": instance used to comment on events not on Zephyr.
Vary) or IIRC (If I Remember Correctly), as well as some nerdier ones
like DTRT (Do The Right Thing, in reference to
[ The Rise of "Worse Is
-Better"](http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html)).
+Better"](https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html)).
As mentioned above, try running `athrun sipb whats dtrt` to look up an
abbreviation.
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