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#51823 29/09/03 02:25 AM
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Closing Link: MaRbL3 by Extremity.CA.US.GamesNET.net (USER: Bad username)
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* Disconnected
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* Connect retry #1 64.71.165.196 (6667)
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-64.71.165.196- *** Looking up your hostname
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-64.71.165.196- *** Found your hostname, cached
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-64.71.165.196- *** Checking Ident
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-64.71.165.196- *** No ident response
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Ping? Pong!
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Your username is invalid.
Connect with your real username, in lowercase.
If your mail address were foo@bar.com, your username would be foo.
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Closing Link: MaRbL3 by Extremity.CA.US.GamesNET.net (USER: Bad username)
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When i connect on irc this message comes up and continues cycling over and over, thus I cannot join a channel. What can I do?

#51824 29/09/03 02:33 AM
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In mIRC Options -> Connect change your Email Address to "no@email.com".

#51825 29/09/03 05:16 AM
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I don't see why you don't understand the error - it is extremely clear on what you need to do.

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Connect with your real username, in lowercase.
If your mail address were foo@bar.com, your username would be foo.


So set your real name field in options to your email alias (everything before the @)

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