News from PANUG/BizNix - April 24, 2003 http://panug.org - http://biznix.org PANUG/BIZNIX ON IRC When we announced that PANUG and BizNix were running a Jabber server for instant messaging between members, several people had difficulty getting connected - this due to Jabber clients being so new and different from one another. To solve this problem, we've implemented a more primitive form of instant messaging - good old IRC. Setting up an IRC client is easier and getting connected should be easier. IRC clients are normally installed with Linux and Windows users can download any of several. Once your IRC client is running, you'll have to connect to our server (im.alcpress.com), which means adding a new server to your list of servers. There's no password to access the server. Once connected, just type "/join #panug" or "/join #biznix". You'll see a list of users that are connected to the chat room but IRC has no notion of presence. This means that these users may or may not be sitting in front of their computers watching what you type. So, type your message and see if you get a response. If not, stay connected and come back later to see if anyone has answered. EXCHANGE 2000 WON'T RUN ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 http://panug.org/9 DISCLAIMER PANUG and BizNix welcome contributions from all members. Member contributions do not necessarily represent the official positions of PANUG or BizNix. If you don't contribute, the views of members that contribute frequently may appear to be the official position of the group(s).