Just tried connecting to a server but i get the message saying.

" Connecting to irc.quakenet.org (6668)
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-irc.quakenet.org- *** Looking up your hostname
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-irc.quakenet.org- *** Checking Ident
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-irc.quakenet.org- *** No ident response
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-irc.quakenet.org- *** Couldn't look up your hostname
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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: Ranek by port80a.se.quakenet.org (USER: Bad username)
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* Disconnected"


Anyone know why?

refer to my posting on this topic, which you have now duplicated.

Ok i checked it...