Those default chat channels should work. Looks like gamespy is giving us the bums rush again.
I'll give your link a look when I get a chance, and if I can figure it out I may give that try.
Its easy, just edit \Assets\ServerProfiles\chat.gf and replace the chat server and port with the one in the thread I linked. (I don't want to post the server and port in a public forum)
You're logging to file on a live server!?!
I don't even log to the console once all the testing is complete, though I run the MySQL debug servers with logging up the yingyang.
I just ran a mission against a Rom freighter with a drogue, two cargo pods and a hostage. I killed the hostage and ran away (didn't occur to me and try and capture him, lol). I got an astounding victory. Should that have happened?