[IRCServices Coding] Fw: [Coders] RFCs and nicknames (Re: NS LINK and NS SET PRIVATE)

[Aragon Gouveia]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten V. Munk" <stskeeps at tspre.org>
To: "Aragon Gouveia" <aragon at phat.za.net>
Cc: <coders at lists.unrealircd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Coders] RFCs and nicknames


> <insert some smartass comment about RFC and it's validity today>
>
> Anyhow. A little investigation in how people respect that:
>
> Unreal: allowed
> DALnet/Bahamut: allowed
> EFnet/Hybrid: allowed
> IRCnet: allowed
> Austnet: allowed
>
> Personally, I believe some parts of RFC are crap and literally outdated,
> like the scandinavian case mapping thing.
>
> Also, to be a complete jackass, and use RFC2812, which is to be silenced
> away cos of it's IRCnet orgin:
>
> nickname = ( letter / special ) *8( letter / digit / special / "-" )
>
> -Stskeeps
> (this post was written under the influence of severe amounts of alcohol)
>
>
> At 13:07 18-06-2002, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm using Unreal3.2-beta10. I noticed it allows for nicknames that do not
> >start with a letter. eg. /nick [Mary]
> >
> >Apparently this is against RFC1459. Is this a feature or bug?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Aragon
>
>