----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Ramsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hiho, > > I'm currently having problems with my firewall which cause my IRC > connections to be dropped at the client side. My nick remains on IRC > until the server finally ping times me out. When I try to reconnect > right away, I have to choose a new, temporary nick until the old nick > drops off. > > How about an enhancement where a new connection from the same [EMAIL PROTECTED] for > an > existing nick collides the old nick off, letting the new connection sign > on to IRC? Makes sense to me. :) Will be abused instantly. For example : users on a shared uni network behind NAT will have same [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus allowing them to collide others from the same network. What about allowing the user to lower the ping timeout setting on connect? > Thanks, > > Tim > > >
