Hi Tom,

You seem to be missing a few key points in Jason's post.

1) The unmoderated aspect of the Chat can cause some problems in the scheduled lecture series. It was easier before Michel changed it. Then we had several people with op privleges and it didn't totally rely on Evan to always be there. In fact, I remember one session when Evan wasn't gonna be there. When Cindy came into the Chat, she told us that Evan wouldn't be there and could someone please op her, which someone did. The way it's set up now, since the change, that would not have been possible. Do you see the point?

2) The fact that the IRC server is poorly configured leaves it and the rest of the UT open to security problems. This doesn't just mean that the IRC server could crash and bring the Chat down, but that *everything* could crash and bring down the whole UT forum. Now, I'm not an expert on such things, but there are those who are experts and will agree with this obversation.

I just wanted to make it a little bit clearer to you as to why Jason, me and others would like the IRC server configuration changed back to the way it was.

Bonnie