[seek-dev] new IRC server

[Chad Berkley]

Hi,

We have installed a new IRC server.  This new server has no IP address 
restrictions on it, so anyone can connect at anytime without us having 
to authenticate you.  We have changed the DNS record so that 
irc.ecoinformatics.org is now pointed at the new server, however it may 
take up to 24 hours for the DNS information to propegate out to all of 
the nodes.  We will leave the old server up for a day or two.

Within 24 hours, please disconnect yourself from the irc server and try 
reconnecting.  Make sure you are connecting to irc.ecoinformatics.org 
and not dev.nceas.ucsb.edu.  You can discover whether you are on the new 
server by using the /list command.  If you see the chat room 
"#newserver" then you are on the new server.  If not, wait a few hours 
and try reconnecting.

Let me know if you have any problems.

chad

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Chad Berkley
National Center for
Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis (NCEAS)
berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu
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