2 strange things.

[Grunt]

I'm currently running Unreal3.2.3. I just wanted to have a little fun, so I tried some things.

1. I joined a random channel, say #asd. Then I typed by hand "/mode $asd +k *". This would have made the channel key set to "*". The problem is that when I double click in the channel (I'm using mIRC 6.16) to open the channel control dialog, the key field is enabled, but empty. It cannot be removed also . Not sure it's a "bug", since I've also seen it on ircu (Undernet's own IRCD). It can still be removed with "/mode #asd -k *", though..

2. I just typed "/join #" and there i was: in the "#" channel. Not sure this a "bug" either... but I've never seen a void channel name.

[Ron2K]

1. I joined a random channel, say #asd. Then I typed by hand "/mode $asd +k *". This would have made the channel key set to "*". The problem is that when I double click in the channel (I'm using mIRC 6.16) to open the channel control dialog, the key field is enabled, but empty. It cannot be removed also . Not sure it's a "bug", since I've also seen it on ircu (Undernet's own IRCD). It can still be removed with "/mode #asd -k *", though..

This is definitely a client issue. If you type "/mode #asd", you'll see something like "#asd +k *", an indication that the key "*" is valid on the server side. The acid test is, of course, to test this using a different IRC client.

(By the way, I hope that "/mode $asd +k *" was a typo. )

2. I just typed "/join #" and there i was: in the "#" channel. Not sure this a "bug" either... but I've never seen a void channel name.

"#" is a valid channel name.

[Grunt]

1. That was a typo.
2. "#" is a channel name... Well, I always thought that "#something_here" is a channel name.

Thanks for your answers.

[Stealth]

Some services *cough*anope*cough* won't allow "#" to be registered. I have it set to forbid on my network.

[Ron2K]

*cough* IRCServices as well *cough*

[w00t]

Not that it matters, but Atheme will allow registration of #.