[IRCServices] Notice Bug (Update)

[Craig McLure]

Straying off topic slightly..

If your looking for a 'Quick fix' to this problem, add the following to 
your mIRC remotes:

alias operserv {
   .msg operserv $1-
}

The /operserv will be sent to the services correctly, without the :

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EpicIRC Administration wrote:
> I have posted regarding this bug on the mIRC Bug Forums.  They have verified
> that it is infact happening.  We have found a 'semi' solution to the problem
> though, that may would be good for your to add on the faq.
>  
> If I send the notice " /OperServ Global <really long noitce>"  That is when
> the ":" (colon) will appear.
>  
> HOWEVER, if I were to do "/msg OperServ Global <really long notice>"  The
> colon does not appear.
>  
> So... it seems that when mIRC is pulling the alias for /operserv or
> /chanserv it somehow creates this error.  For anyone else out there that may
> ever have this problem, until it is fixed just use /msg operserv to get
> around it.  
>  
> Darvocet
> EpicIRC.Net - irc.epicirc.net
>  
> 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> Hello... I have noticed a little error, and I just wanted to post here to
> see if anyone had already posted regarding it, or if it was the first time.
>  
> I run an IRC Network with Unreal3.2.2b and ircservices-5.0.41
>  
> When I send a global notice that is fairly long it appears that the
> character ":" shows up in the notice.  If I were to just sent a global
> notice as an oper, Unreal would cut the message off before the ":" would
> appear, so this only occurs with services.
>  
> I have noticed it in Channel Join Notices, Network Connect Notices, and
> Global Notices.  Below is an example:
>  
> -------------------------- Sending the notice with OperServ global
> -------------------------
>  
> [11:30pm] -Global- [Network Notice] Our network has been experiencing a
> major increase of unattended bots connecting. We are taking many defensive
> actions to make sure that they do not interrupt the normal activity of the
> network. If you receive a CTCP LAG, please ignore it, as it is our Opers
> running :a scan to detect malicious bots. If you have any questions, please
> join #Help and speak to an Oper. - XanaX, Sr. Network Admin.
>  
> ------------------------ Sending the same notice as an oper, and not with
> services -----------------------
>  
> [11:32pm] -XanaX- [Network Notice] Our network has been experiencing a major
> increase of unattended bots connecting. We are taking many defensive actions
> to make sure that they do not interrupt the normal activity of the network.
> If you receive a CTCP LAG, please ignore it, as it is our Opers running a
> scan to detect malicious bots. If you have any questions, please join #Help
> and spe
> ....
> ....
>  
> 
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