>>>>>Minus at least one...firewall...:-(
>>>>
>>>>Have youy tried mIRC? I heard thats had some luck against fire walls.
>>>
>>>Yeah, but I don't have any luck.
>> I use Mirc through a firewall, no problems. Must be the way yours is setup.
>
>How can I use it? I have firewall too :(

Not certain, our former security officer set up the firewall, and hes now in Ottawa. I did use tcpip adddress rather than domain name, that might be part of it.