On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 06:35:20 GMT, Keith Gable  
<ziggy@ignition-project.com----.sco.com> wrote:

> Oh, that's easy to explain. You're missing the beginning :. Your raw  
> should be something like:
>
> :Server 320 YourNick :Host: %s, Server: %s

I thought I had already tried it with and without, but will triple check  
just to be sure. Thanks anyways :) The reason I thought it was maybe the  
specific numeric, was that it works fine on the other clients I tried it  
on.

> However, I'm wanting to know... what's the exact purpose for that? I  
> mean, there are other replies for "current server being connected to"  
> and such. Unless I'm overlooking something....

Aye, but these are different. The first is the "claimed" hostname of the  
computer that is connecting. It often says things like "AMD1800" or  
"Compaq" or "KITCHEN_COMPUTER" or "104.23.34.242" and things like that.  
The server is the server the client tried to connect to. So, you can see  
things like "66.33.48.187", "irc.yournetwork.net", "specific.server.net",  
etc. Certain clients put these items between " " quotes, while others  
don't. It helps you filter out clients that claim to be one client, while  
actaully being another (warez bots), as well as abusive clients since many  
people are unaware that they always show up as "XP-HOME" or whatever there  
computer is configured for.

It is not the holy grail of IRC, but just another tool in the IRC  
operators toolbox.

Regards,

Remmy