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+Spongy Server Installation
+==========================
+
+You gotta make a base directory with an `authtok` file,
+and a subdirectory for every server you want to connect to.
+
+	BASE DIRECTORY
+	+-- slashnet
+	|   +-- handler
+	|   +-- config/
+	|   |   +-- server
+	|   |   +-- gecos
+	|   |   +-- nick
+	|   +-- log/
+	|   |   +-- 2015-01-29T19:56:27Z.log
+	|   |   +-- 2015-01-29T20:01:15Z.log
+	|   |   +-- 2015-01-29T20:41:40Z.log
+	|   |   +-- 2015-01-29T20:41:48Z.log
+	|   |   +-- 2015-01-29T20:41:56Z.log
+	|   |   +-- 2015-01-29T20:42:44Z.log
+	|   +-- outq/
+	+-- oftc
+	+-- server3
+	+-- server4
+
+
+`config` directory
+------------------
+
+The `config` directory in a server directory must have certain files:
+
+* `server` is a list of servers to try and connect to, in the form `hostname:port`
+* `gecos` is your "Real Name"
+* `nick` is a list of nicknames you'd like to use
+
+The lists are gone through starting with the first entry until one sticks.
+
+
+`outq` directory
+----------------
+
+The `outq` directory is monitored by spongy.
+When a new file shows up, its contents are spit out verbatim
+over the server connection.
+
+So if you want to send a message to a channel,
+do something like this:
+
+	$ echo 'PRIVMSG #channel :hello world' > outq/$$.$(date +%s)
+
+
+
+
+
+Spongy CGI Configuration
+========================
+
+If you'd like to run `spongy.cgi`,
+that's fine,
+but you have to create a configuration file
+in the same directory as the CGI.
+It looks like this:
+
+	{
+		"auth": "bdf0ff3f50f492bd0fb261caf097829138f472dd0ab3b504fe0f01e8c8225664",
+		"basedir": "/home/neale/lib/irc"
+	}
+
+`auth` is a sha256 checksum of your password.
+You can generate it for the password "bloop" like this:
+
+	$ echo -n "bloop" | sha256sum
+
+
+Permissions
+-----------
+
+There are a lot of different ways to set up permissions.
+Here's what I suggest:
+make `spongy.cgi` setuid to you.
+
+	$ chmod +s spongy.cgi
+
+If it's setuid,
+you don't need to make your config file readable by whatever user
+runs the web server.
+
+Sadly,
+Apache has a whole bunch of weirdness that prevents this from working.
+So if you're using Apache,
+please send me a recipe for your solution,
+and I'll add it to the distribution :)
+