I have never heard of (until now) or seen for myself a red line go through any text unless CTRL+L is pressed. However, as two people have reported it I guess it must be true.
Nevertheless, if you don't want the obstacles, pay for mIRC. I've had experience with IRCle for the Macintosh. If you don't pay, it closes down every 30 minutes. I've also used Snak (again for the Mac) and it doesn't even work after 30 days. You will find that *most* shareware programs on the entire Internet will either cease to work or put an "annoying" "Your evaluation period is up" message when you open it. If it didn't do that, it would defeat the object of paying completely.
If you don't want to experience these "obstacles" then pay for it - otherwise, don't whine about it. You agreed to the license, you abide by it. Or get another client that doesn't require you to pay. Good luck
By the way, I realise this is an abrupt post. I simply don't like the "you shouldn't put obstacles in the way for a program I'm meant to pay for" attitude. Above is what the facts are, laid down on the line - I don't want to start a forum argument, nor will I participate in one. But that's the way it is.
Regards,
