Newsgroups

• alt.irc - Worldwide misc IRC talk
• alt.irc.announce - No announcements recently
• alt.irc.questions - If you have to ask
• alt.irc.ircii - The ircII client
• alt.irc.bots - How to stress the IRC
• alt.irc.opers - Where IRC operators discuss their blues
• alt.irc.ops.kiss.my.ass - Where users discuss their blues about IRC operators
• alt.irc.corruption - Get a life!
• alt.irc.undernet - Alternative IRC network
• alt.irc.hottub - One hot channel
• alt.irc.recovery - You might aswell face it, you're addicted to IRC

• de.comm.chatsystems - Chatsysteme und der Kult drum herum

Mailing lists

• operlist - Steamy discussion list about IRC administration.
• ircd - New irc developer list. See also the research page.

Look out for mailing lists specific to your client in the client's distribution docs.