[TriLUG] trilug irc

[Jeremy Portzer]

A period is fair game in many things in Linux/Unix, but this is not a
Linux or Windows question, but rather one of the IRC protocol.  As
Elliot said, the protocol itself does not allow periods in the name. 
You would have the same problem with any operating system's IRC client.

--Jeremy

On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 07:34, Jim Ray wrote:
> i thought the '.' was fair game?  ah, been using winders too long.
> 
> On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:14, Elliot Peele wrote:
> > The irc spec does not allow for '.' in a nick. You need to change your
> > preferences to use a different nick for irc.
> > 
> > Elliot
> 
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