this is another site that gives a bit more info on that socket error: http://www.sockets.com/err_lst1.htm

what version of mIRC is your friend using? Has she tried connecting on the gateway machine? She has tried different servers/networks, connecting to both ip and domain? i'm going to try to find someone who knows tons more about sockets than i do to check this thread

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