> Not that I have anything earth-shaking to say, but I tried to log onto
> the chat and the system replied that "the connection was refused when
> attempting to contact irc2.penguinpowered.ca/"

> It has always worked fine before; I just use the little client right in
> the browser.

>http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/pjirc/rec.food.cooking.html
>says: (using a real web-browser)

>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact
>www.penguinpowered.ca."

>Here I was all ready to chat, too...

>-sw <gag>

>> Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

>>> Not that I have anything earth-shaking to say, but I tried to log onto
>>> the chat and the system replied that "the connection was refused when
>>> attempting to contact irc2.penguinpowered.ca/"

>>> It has always worked fine before; I just use the little client right in
>>> the browser.

>> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

> http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/pjirc/rec.food.cooking.html
> says: (using a real web-browser)

> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
> www.penguinpowered.ca."

> Here I was all ready to chat, too...

>> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

> Always willing to try good advice, I just installed mIRC and apparently
> it successfully logs onto something or other, but I don't see
> #rec.food.cooking.

>> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

>Always willing to try good advice, I just installed mIRC and apparently
>it successfully logs onto something or other, but I don't see
>#rec.food.cooking.

>> Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:

>>> Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

>>>> Not that I have anything earth-shaking to say, but I tried to log onto
>>>> the chat and the system replied that "the connection was refused when
>>>> attempting to contact irc2.penguinpowered.ca/"

>>>> It has always worked fine before; I just use the little client right in
>>>> the browser.

>>> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

>> http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/pjirc/rec.food.cooking.html
>> says: (using a real web-browser)

>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
>> www.penguinpowered.ca."

>> Here I was all ready to chat, too...

>Yeah, I'll bet.  :)

>I'm there.  So are others.  IRC client users.

> Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

> >> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

> > Always willing to try good advice, I just installed mIRC and apparently
> > it successfully logs onto something or other, but I don't see
> > #rec.food.cooking.

> Did you enter the command

> /join #rec.food.cooking

> ?

> --
> Blinky
> Killing all posts from Google Groups
> The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
> Need a new news feed?  http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

>>Sqwertz wrote:

>>> Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:

>>>> Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

>>>>> Not that I have anything earth-shaking to say, but I tried to log onto
>>>>> the chat and the system replied that "the connection was refused when
>>>>> attempting to contact irc2.penguinpowered.ca/"

>>>>> It has always worked fine before; I just use the little client right in
>>>>> the browser.

>>>> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

>>> http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/pjirc/rec.food.cooking.html
>>> says: (using a real web-browser)

>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
>>> www.penguinpowered.ca."

>>> Here I was all ready to chat, too...

>>Yeah, I'll bet.  :)

>>I'm there.  So are others.  IRC client users.

> or follow Christine's instructions in the other thread and come in via
> the web interface.

>> Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

>> >> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

>> > Always willing to try good advice, I just installed mIRC and apparently
>> > it successfully logs onto something or other, but I don't see
>> > #rec.food.cooking.

>> Did you enter the command

>> /join #rec.food.cooking

>> ?

>> --
>> Blinky
>> Killing all posts from Google Groups
>> The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
>> Need a new news feed?  http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

> Perhaps first use this command (?),

>        /server irc2.penguinpowered.ca

> then join the channel

>        /join #rec.food.cooking

> I dunno if

>       /port 6667 (or something like that)

> has to be typed before those first two commands though.

>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:40:17 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>> <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:

>>>Sqwertz wrote:

>>>> Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:

>>>>> Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

>>>>>> Not that I have anything earth-shaking to say, but I tried to log onto
>>>>>> the chat and the system replied that "the connection was refused when
>>>>>> attempting to contact irc2.penguinpowered.ca/"

>>>>>> It has always worked fine before; I just use the little client right in
>>>>>> the browser.

>>>>> Try using a real IRC client.  The server is fine.

>>>> http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/pjirc/rec.food.cooking.html
>>>> says: (using a real web-browser)

>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
>>>> www.penguinpowered.ca."

>>>> Here I was all ready to chat, too...

>>>Yeah, I'll bet.  :)

>>>I'm there.  So are others.  IRC client users.

>> or follow Christine's instructions in the other thread and come in via
>> the web interface.

>Blech.