What he (Doqnach) said.

Also...

Originally Posted By: gooshie
And btw, let's not forget the original post complained that it did not work.

Of course "/topic $chan" does not work, unless // instead of / is used to make mIRC evaluate $chan to the name of the current channel.
Of course "/topic" does not work either, unless you have a special /topic alias.



Originally Posted By: gooshie
Btw, /topic does NOT work for me on two different servers including unreald.

Originally Posted By: gooshie
At what point do you get the message it does not work and test it yourself?

"/topic #channel" or "/raw topic #channel" (and I hope you didn't seriously try "/raw /topic #channelname") do work well,
you have to show me one excact IRCd that doesn't reply as defined in the RFCs.
If "/topic #channel" fails for you then it might be some screwed up /topic alias of yours,
if "/raw topic #channel" topic fails for you then it's how you handle the server's reply.