Re: IRC access problems?
Michael Bond <[email protected]> Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:34:29 -0500
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--===============1582132075== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-925224476 --Apple-Mail-4-925224476 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I'm in the process of getting my supervisor to put pressure on it as well. There are plenty of work related reasons in a tech office to have access to IRC. Hopefully something will come of it with multiple departments putting pressure on the issue. Mike. [email protected] On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:36 PM, David Krovich wrote: > Andrew, > > IRC has in fact been blocked at WVU. I'm doing what I can to apply > pressure to get it re-enabled but the process is going slowly. > Welcome to bureaucracy. The good news is I think there is hope to > get IRC re-enabled. The bad news is I think it is going to take > months. > > -Dave > > Andrew Turnbull wrote: >> Is it just me, or does the university's residential network block >> IRC access entirely nowadays? >> >> I used to be able to access IRC channels from my dorm room without >> incident (as long as it wasn't by port 6667), but for the last few >> months attempts to connect to Freenode or any other server have >> simply resulted in Chatzilla timing out. >> >> If the MorLUG channel is a lot emptier now than it used to be, I >> feel the reason is probably right there. >> >> -- >> Andrew Turnbull >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Morlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug >> > > _______________________________________________ > Morlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug --Apple-Mail-4-925224476 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm in the process of = getting my supervisor to put pressure on it as well. There are plenty of = work related reasons in a tech office to have access to IRC. Hopefully = something will come of it with multiple departments putting pressure on = the issue.</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><DIV>Mike.</DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A></DIV><= DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> = </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:36 PM, David Krovich = wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Andrew,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">IRC has = in fact been blocked at WVU.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>I'm doing what I can to apply pressure to get it re-enabled but = the process is going slowly.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Welcome to bureaucracy.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>The good news is I think there is hope to get IRC = re-enabled.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>The bad news = is I think it is going to take months.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">-Dave</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Andrew Turnbull wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Is it just me, or does the = university's residential network block IRC access entirely = nowadays?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I used to be able to access IRC channels from my = dorm room without incident (as long as it wasn't by port 6667), but for = the last few months attempts to connect to Freenode or any other server = have simply resulted in Chatzilla timing out.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If the = MorLUG channel is a lot emptier now than it used to be, I feel the = reason is probably right there.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Andrew = Turnbull</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">------------------------------------------------------------------------= </DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Morlug mailing list</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A></D= IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://mailman.morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug">http://mailman.= morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug</A></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0</SPAN><BR= class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Morlug mailing list</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A></D= IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://mailman.morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug">http://mailman.= morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug</A></DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-4-925224476-- --===============1582132075== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Morlug mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.morlug.org/mailman/listinfo/morlug --===============1582132075==--