Edit: to the person who said turning off the ignore feature yes its dangerous but it happens in rooms where alot of dcc transfers happens some ppl just think its easier I guess but you pay the risk.
edit 2: This will only work up to 237 charactors in length. if the string is 238+ you will get the usal Unable to open file error.
hmm it seems I underestimated the "it doesnt send anything". Once I checked my download folder I got the following:
it seems it does infact create a file named _ in XP.