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.
+[Click here](https://sipb.mit.edu/doc/zephyr-quick/) for instructions for getting on Zephyr with Barnowl!
+
## 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.
### Zulip
-[Zulip](https://zulip.com/zephyr) is a web-based Zephyr client that also provides [mobile apps](https://zephyr.zulip.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](http://web.mit.edu/tabbott/www/) (MIT '06, SIPB member)'s Kandra Labs.
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Zulip, like Roost, is easy to set up because it uses Webathena for authentication.
-See [Zulip for MIT setup](http://zulip.com/zephyr) for details.
+See [Zulip for MIT setup](http://zulipchat.com/zephyr) for details.
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It is possible to `zwrite` to multiple individuals at once, by listing the
usernames separated by spaces:
- :zwrite USERONE USERTWO USERTHREE
+ :zwrite -C USERONE USERTWO USERTHREE
-When doing this, it is customary to include the line `CC: USERONE USERTWO
-USERTHREE` in the body of the zephyr, although this is not required or
-enforced.
+The `-C` option automatically puts the line `CC: USERONE USERTWO USERTHREE`
+in the body of the zephyr,
+although this is only a convention and is not required or enforced.
### Aside: zephyr triplets
> 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
> 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.
<strong>doxp</strong>:
> "Do X predicate", from Lisp naming convention. A discussion on whether one
> should do X.
+> A common variation is "doxory", literally "Do X or Y".
Many of the acronyms may be suffixed onto normal instance topics with a period
to indicate relation. There are many other acronyms that are used; if you don't
Good grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Not everybody uses
capitalization, but they will still use good English. Please do not say
-things such as "hey wut r u up to???". It makes you look like an idiot.
-Really.
+things such as "hey wut r u up to???".
You don't need multiple question marks or exclamation points. Usually.
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)). Try running `add sipb; whats dtrt` to look up an
-abbreviation. Common abbreviations that you might find on AIM, however,
-are not often used. People tend to look down upon "lol", "rofl", and
-such.
+Better"](http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html)).
+As mentioned above, try running `athrun sipb whats dtrt` to look up an
+abbreviation.
Personal classes are by convention considered a little more private than
non-personal (public) classes. Although most people don't mind people
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