The Xtris staff would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Have a great one everyone!

Thanks for choosing Xtris!

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Never forget 9-11. In remembrance of all those that lost their lives on that tragic day ...

Never Forget, and Never Surrender

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We would like to pay our respects to the King of Pop and the legend Michael Jackson who sadly passed away yesterday.

His music will live on forever.

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We are pleased to announce the availability of a news RSS Feed.

To access it, either click the "RSS" icon of your browser or visit http://xtris.net/rss.php

The RSS feed will document both 'Public' and 'Status' news posts as soon as they're posted.

If you experience any anomalies, please let us know using the Support Form.

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We would like to announce the availability of a new server, Dallas.TX.US.Xtris.net, located in Dallas, Texas, United States.

We have also had some slight changes with our Chicago, Illinois operations. The server Arlington.IL.US.Xtris.net has been removed, and the Chicago.IL.US.Xtris.net has changed IP. This means we are now hosted in multiple data centers, giving some extra redundancy.

The Server Listings have been updated and DNS entries have been modified to reflect these changes, however, should you see any timeout issues simply connect using the irc.xtris.net round robin, or directly to the new server, Dallas.TX.US.Xtris.net.

Thank you in advance for your patience in this matter and for your continued patronage.

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For the attention of all users,

On the afternoon of Sun 4th January, 2009, all Xtris IRC servers had a major overhaul. This upgrade has introduced a set of new features and tools that affect both staff and users alike.

I'd like to take the time to introduce the user changes you will see:

• Probably the most noticeable change is that if you use a registered nickname, and do not authenticate to it within 2 minutes, NickServ will automatically change your nick to a random Guest****. A warning is sent when you are using a registered nick and are not authenticated to the account that owns it
• Upgrades to our title system, allowing you to customise the .user part of your +x host. You may choose one by joining #support
• Users are set +iw when they connect to the network for their security; if you don't want to be "invisible", you can set -i after
• No single-letter nicks may be used; this helps prevent service impersonations
• Auto Channel Modes; channels are now automatically set +ntC when joined
• Topic Burst; negotatiations during net splits should keep the network tidy and should retain your topics
• The channel mode +D (delayed join) has made its return; this is particularly useful during floods. If you're unsure of this mode, please see the Channel & User Modes page for an explanation
• Account Only; users may set the usermode +R so that only authenticated users may /MSG, /NOTICE, /CTCP or /DCC them. This appends a new line to /WHOIS data, which reads: nick only accepts messages from authed users
• Channel modes +C and +c remain; no CTCP and no colour respectively
• You may now use the "!" commands in all channels, regardless of whether ChanServ is present or not
• You will now see a notification when an INVITE is issued in a channel (assuming you are opped). It appears as: * Target has been invited by Inviter
• All registered channels now have a new default mode, +z. This mode keeps all channel data and modes even when no one is in the channel (including when Services are split from the network)

The Network Management would like to thank our SV ('Server Manager') Group for their hard work.

We hope you enjoy the new features.

u2.10.11.07c+Xtris(Final)

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The Xtris staff would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Have a great one everyone!

Thanks for choosing Xtris!

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We are pleased to announce that the Network Status utility has been updated to include a "live" server check on all publicly accessible servers.

The check is performed every 30 minutes, and reports whether the server is currently Up or Down, and the elapsed time since the last check.

This should allow for accurate information on our Server listings and allow you to troubleshoot whether a connectivity problem is on your end, or on ours.

However, it should be noted that if the "Up" status returns that the server is down, please verify it. It may be caused by the webserver having difficulties; it should not be conclusively trusted.

As always, the Network Status page also allows you to see any (un)planned outages affecting our network operation.

If you experience any anomalies with this new system, please contact us!

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The Training Team is pleased to announce the upcoming Advanced Services class:

• Date: Thursday, 30th October, 2008
• Time: 21:00 GMT
• Channel: #class
• With: Adile and Nina

There will be prior announcements on the network which will tell you when you are able to /join #class

We hope this class will be of benefit to all Xtris users.

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Never forget 9-11. In remembrance of all those that lost their lives on that tragic day ...

Never Forget, and Never Surrender

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