Topic: Moving the server
The game server's been moved to the new machine. Instead of Windows XP, it's now running Ubuntu Linux.
Enhancements that come along with this move include the ability to rename characters (in what manner we'll make this available to you remains to be seen), no expiration on mail, a real-time ladder, web-accessible Who's Online, web-based account management (which will go live in the next few days), as well as numerous bug fixes.
If you are using the Alternate Port, you may not be able to log in presently. Tomorrow's update will fix that.