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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/723
Just encountered this issue with 8BitGuy. irc nicknames are required to start with an alpha character, though I can't find where it says so in RFC1459, I do remember seeing it somewhere and verified on another ircd.
Unfortunately the client doesn't handle this and hangs the user in a state of trying to log into the server.
It could be handled a few ways.
1. Allow the user to choose their own nickname before connecting. Since they can use /NICK anyway, no reason why not to.
2. Have the irc client strip any leading numbers and/or add a character. Not a fan
3. Handle the rejection properly. This is numeric 432
4. Allow the irc server to automatically rename users with a bad username so it would also catch regular clients. Not a big fan on this either.
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