IRC discussion tomorrow on #eml

[Matt Jones]

Tim,

To access IRC you must have previously told me your IP number so that I 
can grant access.  Now I have it (from the error output you sent), so 
you should be able to log on (unless your IP address is dynamic or your 
ident server isn't running).

Todays IRC discussion is a small group discussion to help Peter put 
together a proposed solution to "distribution", which will be reviewed 
on Friday.  It is not the general call to continue our discussion from 
yesterday, which will occur on Friday at 9am PDT.  David Blankman will 
be sending out conference call details for the Friday call.

I sent the IRC message to eml-dev just so that people would know it was 
happening.  Sorry if it surprised you.

Matt

Tim Bergsma wrote:
> This is news to me.  Is this how I was supposed to find out about IRC?
> 
> I'm trying, and I get 
> 
> * Connect retry #4 dev.nceas.ucsb.edu (6667)
> -
> * Identd request from 128.111.220.63
> * Identd replied: 3543, 6667 : USERID : UNIX : Tim
> -
> Closing Link: Tim[Tim at 192.231.113.209] (Unauthorized connection)
> -
> * Disconnected
> -
> * Connect retry #5 dev.nceas.ucsb.edu (6667)
> -
> * Identd request from 128.111.220.63
> * Identd replied: 3544, 6667 : USERID : UNIX : Tim
> -
> Closing Link: Tim[Tim at 192.231.113.209] (Unauthorized connection)
> 
> Help,
> 
> Tim.
> 
> Matt Jones wrote:
> 
>>Hi Ken,
>>
>>IRC is another chat system we use frequently (Internet Relay Chat).  I
>>have set up your IP number to be able to access our IRC server.  All you
>>need to do is download an IRC client, and point it at our server.  Here
>>are the details.  Please don't struggle with this setup -- if it doesn't
>>work right off, give me a call so we can get it worked out quickly for you.
>>
>>Client: a good client for windows is mIRC, which you can download from
>>http://www.mirc.com.  On linux a good client is xchat, which comes
>>pre-installed with most installations.  The mozilla web browser also has
>>an IRC client built in, and Netscape 7 might as well, although I haven't
>>tried it recently.
>>
>>Once you've installed a client, you'll want to open a connection to the
>>IRC server "dev.nceas.ucsb.edu".  This should let you in and display a
>>welcome message.
>>
>>IRC is organized into "channels", each of which represents a distinct
>>conversation.  You can think of channels as "chat rooms".  We'll hold
>>the eml discussion in the "#eml" channel.  In order to participate,
>>you'll need to "join" that channel.  With mIRC, you can do so by typing
>>"/join #eml" at the command prompt, or you can tell it to join #eml when
>>you first connect to the server.  In either case, you should see a new
>>window with a list of people in the channel.  Typing a message on the
>>command line sends that message to everyone in the channel.
>>
>>I am already (and usually) logged into IRC, so you can connect anytime
>>to test your connection.
>>
>>There are a lot of other commands in IRC for cutomizing the environment,
>>most of which you won't need. Let me know if you run into any problems.
>>
>>Matt
>>
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Matt Jones                                    jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439   Ph: 907-789-0496
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

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