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« on: August 17, 2011, 08:47:41 AM »
At approximately 6:02AM CST (8/17/2011), I lost connectivity with the IRC server (irc.outpost2.net). I've been making constant reconnect tries since then. I've flushed my DNS cache and even restarted my comptuer. Is there something down or is my connection just hosed?

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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 11:43:07 AM »
also can't reach it.

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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2011, 11:51:13 AM »
Thanks for the confirmation. I'm not getting any ping replies from the host name or the direct IP address registered, but I honestly never tried to ping it when it was functional, so I don't know for certian if that is normal behavior. Any idea who is hosting it or who to contact about it?

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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2011, 04:14:25 PM »
Having problems myself
There can be Only one. Wipe Them out. All of Them.

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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2011, 04:17:57 PM »
Well I'm glad its not just me. I've been trying to connect all day. Still no luck.

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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2011, 07:49:32 PM »
I can't ssh into the machine to see what is wrong, so seems like something might be wrong with the ISP there; I'll talk to Galactic for more details when I can.

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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2011, 11:35:55 PM »
Thank you kindly sir. My withdrawl symptoms are progressing at a sad rate. :(

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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2011, 12:05:09 PM »
Is IRC ever going to be back up? Or is this kind of outage normal?

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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2011, 02:06:04 PM »
Does anyone know who actually owns the server that is supposed to host IRC? I would be interested in making contact with them and trying to take an active role in getting it back up.

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« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2011, 03:15:34 PM »
The hosting agreement for the server that IRC ran on expired; IRC is difficult to find places to host for cheap -- We may have an alternative though. Keep posted...

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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2011, 03:52:39 PM »
Alright, well let me know what the end result is. If needed I may be able to help somewhere, I have connections in the hosting industry to an extent.