Re: some strange proxy results

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i believe some older servers just send the notice with no prefix, for
example:

NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...

ShadowMaster wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 March 2005 15:20, ongeboren wrote:
> 
>>Afaik, IRC servers don't send their name, before you
>>register the connection, issueing NICK and USER
>>commands.
> 
> 
> This is false.
> All IRCd's out there afaik sends their name as prefix from the very first 
> message they send.
> However you are correct in that many IRC clients hides the name until NICK and 
> USER has been sent.
> 
> Example from a random DALnet server:
> shadow@evenstar:~> telnet irc.dal.net 7000
> Trying 194.68.45.50...
> Connected to irc.dal.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> :mozilla.se.eu.dal.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
> :mozilla.se.eu.dal.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Checking Ident
> :mozilla.se.eu.dal.net NOTICE AUTH :*** No Ident response
> :mozilla.se.eu.dal.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname
> 
> 

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