Forum Archive Index - September 1999

[Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz>]

A few people have been having trouble connecting to the ShareChat Live IRC 
server.  If you want to use the java applet 
(http://sharechat.co.nz/live.html), you must:
1. Have a reasonably recent browser
2. Have java enabled
3. Not be behind a firewall which blocks IRC

Most of the people who cannot connect are having problems because they are 
behind a firewall, which is quite common in large businesses.  If you think 
that this is the case, talk to your helpdesk or IT support.  They may also 
run a proxy server that you can use for IRC, and should be able to set this 
up for you.  To use a proxy server, you will need an IRC client such as 
mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/), as the java applet does not have this sort of 
capability.

Secondly, several people have tried to sign up for the mailing list but 
have made a mistake when typing in their email address when using the forms 
to subscribe to the mailing list.  Those of you who received this message 
through email can safely ignore it as you are clearly successfully 
subscribed, but if you are reading this from the website, and you tried to 
sign up but never received the confirmation message or any messages from 
the forum, please try signing up again, and double-check the email 
address.  In particular, check that you have remembered the '.nz' on the end.

Finally, a note regarding the virus emailed to the list earlier this 
week.  You should never open attachments emailed to you if you are not sure 
of their contents.  This is especially true if the message is from a person 
that you do not know or was sent to a mailing list (for example, there is 
no good reason for attachments to be emailed to the ShareChat list).  Note 
that, as in the case of the Happy99 worm that sent itself out to the list 
this week, the email may appear to be from someone you know, but this does 
not mean that the person themselves sent it.  Most importantly, never open 
programs (on the PC, these end in '.exe' or '.com') sent through email.

_______________________________________________________________________
Will Bryant, will@core-dev.co.nz                    cell +64 21 655 443
http://www.core-dev.co.nz/    Personal: http://www.core-dev.co.nz/will/
ShareChat Ltd. technical manager            http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
[PGP 0x96A7F40A, FP 827F A2A9 C718 106D 8F80  E16E A244 D5F2 96A7 F40A]

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