Welcome and thank you for using MURRAY!

MURRAY is a Peer-to-Peer based chat protocol. 


Requirements:

- Python >= 2.5
- The pycrypto module (http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pycrypto/2.0.1)
- If using Microsoft Windows, you might want to add python to your PATH environment variable
- A Jabber-client of your choosing

Configuration:
Murray's central configuration file is located in ~/.config/murray/murrayb.conf on POSIX-systems, in C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\murray\murrayb.conf on Microsoft Windows. The file is created on first startup. 
If no configuration Options are given, internal default values are used.

It is strongly suggested to at least specify the PORT options defining on which port the MURRAY deamon will listen for incoming connections.
When you first use MURRAY, also a list of peers should be optained and integrated. Known peers can either be entered manually in murrayb.conf or by downloading and copying a known_peers.dict to MURRAY's home directory.

Using Murray:
- Start by running main.py using the python program ("python main.py")
- Wait for the preparations to finish
- Use a jabber-client of your chosing and register a new user at "localhost" on the standard Jabber port (or -- if the value XMPPPort is set in the configuration file), connect to this port. 


If started with the "-s" option, the MURRAY deamon will start without a local XMPP server.