Pretty much says "I want to send an auto-msg when I am set away", don't you think?

I'm not drunk, I promise lol. It's just the odd hours I keep. My intentions were good, I just pasted the wrong stuff hehe. The real reason is that this script is cut down from a 40 line script that I use, which has multiple available replies, selectable from a dialogue. In my efforts to make life easy I just grabbed the wrong line.

Okay, it's all done now but I will paste here what I first intended (we've come this far after all)...

Code:
ON ^*:OPEN:?: {
  if ($hget(flood,flood) == $null && $away == $true) {
    hadd -mu5 flood flood 1
    notice $nick I have received your message and will reply in due course...
  }
}

Now, as for variables, yes they are fast though there is still visible lag if variables are set while mIRC is doing other things. It depends on how heavy your script is of course but since I am an oper my script is rather heavy. Anyway, I've learnt two things today 1. about the -u timer which I thought only applied to a few other things and 2. that I should pay more attention to what I paste.

*Watchdog is very humble blush