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@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ The documentation for PHPUnit is available in different formats:
 * [Japanese, PDF](http://www.phpunit.de/manual/3.5/ja/phpunit-book.pdf)
 * [Japanese, ePub](http://www.phpunit.de/manual/3.5/ja/phpunit-book.epub)
 
+Mailing Lists
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+* Send an email to `user-subscribe@phpunit.de` to subscribe to the `phpunit-user` mailing list. This is a medium volume list for general PHPUnit support; ask PHPUnit questions here.
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+IRC
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+The [#phpunit channel on the Freenode IRC network](irc://freenode.net/phpunit) is a place to chat about PHPUnit.
+
 Using PHPUnit From a Git Checkout
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