What do these symbols mean that are printed for each contact with the 'e', 'w', 'ee', 'ww' and 's' commands?

    (0) The symbol printed after the peer-to-peer protocol version with the 'ee' and 'ww' commands are connectivity flags:

• '%': SSL-encrypted direct connection with contact established.
• '&': direct connection with contact established.
• '|': direct connection with contact failed.
• ':': direct connection with contact is tried to establish.
• '.': direct connection with contact closed.
• '^': no direct connection, but IP address and port number known.
• ' ': no direct connection possible.

The symbols printed with all commands are contact flags:

• '+': alias entry, only with 'ww'
• '#': temporary contact (i.e. UIN was mentioned, but not added to contact list), only with 'w' and 'ww'
• '*': intimate: sees you when invisible
• '-': hide: doesn't see you at any time
• '^': ignore this contact

If none of the latter are applicable, '&', '|', ':', '.' as above are printed if applicable.