im just trying to decifer between a normal server notice for status and channels
ie: [09:59] -irc-m03.icq.aol.com:@#Rendezvous- |3|acK_Kn|G||T invited hecuba into the channel.

how would i go about doing this to display my echoes?...thanks for any help!!

It's not a snotice but a regular notice where $nick is a server name and $target is a channel name.