Since
this thread is archived, lost, buried, and 4 years old, I wanted to re-post here for the flood of new interested admins looking for some guidance.
This
EQEmu Guidebook 1.3 is fairly old, but most of it is still pretty accurate and helpful to at least un-mystify some of the inner workings of the emulator. Hopefully you will find it helpful.
(I refuse to bump a thread 3 years old, so here's a new one.
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