I think with the amount of people having problems with this software, it should be suspended until all the problems have been ironed out. Also I have never seen a message board so active and I think a chat room would be more aproppriate.
Go to http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/download_network.php. There you can download addon software for Boinc. One of the download choices is Boinc mIRC (IRC software). It is a ready setup and will take you straight to Boinc chats.
