This from a Dreamhost support worker (emphasis mine):

I just ran our new magical super jabber fixer script, and it’s assured me
that your jabber is working now. I have full confidence in this script,
but should it have been lieing to me please let me know and I’ll see what
more I can do.

Thanks!
James

I wrote him back asking if he had a version of the script for DB2 or Oracle 10g. He responded:

Maybe now we’ll let it loose on our bgp tables… hmm…
maybe best to limit it to jabber.

Cheers!
James

I love techs with a sense of humor with their customers. It makes working with them so much more fun.