"Perhaps it could be called a bug, on the other hand there has to be a logical limit to nicks at some point"
I agree with that in general but this is a server issue, NOT a mIRC one... mIRC should allow any server-given nick length...
On the other hand rfc1453 and rfc2812 state that the nickname is maximum length 9 characters!!
I quote:
"Each user is distinguished from other users by a unique nickname having a maximum length of nine (9) characters. [...]
While the maximum length is limited to nine characters, clients SHOULD accept longer strings as they may become used in future evolutions of the protocol."
So servers' use of larger nicknames is arbitrary and mIRC isn't obliged to follow this. Only in the name of 'user-friendliness' perhaps and since raw 005 does exist and the rfc is 4 years old.
