--- a/.emacs-my	Tue Dec 29 10:57:18 2009 +0200
+++ b/.emacs-my	Mon Jan 11 17:40:07 2010 +0200
@@ -694,6 +694,11 @@
 (defun rcirc-handler-301 (process cmd sender args)
   "/away message handler.")
 
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; erc
+
+(setq erc-server-coding-system 'utf-8)
+
 ;; ======================================================================
 ;; VCS, version control, cvs, svn.