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justinterested@southrj.freeserve.co.uk (JustInterested) writes:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 00:33:55 -0500, DaFt <daft010@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >I can't seem to log onto your IRC server "irc.cotse.com" Everytime I try
> >to connect it tells me "invalid username."  The server I was trying to

If you got an invalid username, then tell us your username
(or if you're paranoid, alter it slightly, say substitute
'z' for 'C' randomly, etc.).
During the "registration" with the server, you have to give
two commands: user and nick. For the user part, I just do

    user a a a a

The four parameters are: username host server realname
I don't think it matters much what the parameters are.
Apparently your username is funny? Valid characters for
username are (from RFC1459):

   <user>       ::= <nonwhite> { <nonwhite> }
   <nonwhite>   ::= <any 8bit code except SPACE (0x20), NUL (0x0), CR
                     (0xd), and LF (0xa)>

that is, one or more nonwhite characters.
    If it means your nick, then I think the cotse IRC
server only allows 14-char long nicks; also, from RFC1459,
the format of a nick is

    <nick>       ::= <letter> { <letter> | <number> | <special> }

    <letter>     ::= 'a' ... 'z' | 'A' ... 'Z'
    <number>     ::= '0' ... '9'
    <special>    ::= '-' | '[' | ']' | '\' | '`' | '^' | '{' | '}'

so the first char of your nick must be a letter (and the '|'
indicate "OR", like 'a' ... 'z' | 'A' ... 'Z' means either
a lowercase OR an uppercase letter).
    On some servers (in particular irc.2600.net), you can
use 30 character names.

> >v5.5 32 bit. Could you look into it because I've only had this problem
> >with your server. Thanks.
> 
> When is the best time to visit this IRC server.  I went there and
> there was no one on. (I was in #2600).

Is this on irc.cotse.com or irc.2600.net? On cotse, the best channel
is #desperado; that's where some regs here hang out. I usually only
go there on Saturday evenings (EST), if that; sometimes it's lively.

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