XFOR: ICS: "Cant" Misspelling Is Per RFC-1459 (179725)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Commercial Internet System 2.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q179725

SYMPTOMS

When a user is connected to the Microsoft Internet Chat server and sends a mode command the user is not able to execute upon another user, the following error message will be displayed:
-server error
:server 502 nick1 :Cant change mode for other users

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Chat Server, version 2.0. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Some administrators may note the misspelling of "Cant", which should be "Can't".

This misspelling occurred in the actual IRC RFC-1459 and has been adopted by all current IRC2 servers. The Microsoft Internet Chat Server must use the same misspelling in order to maintain compatibility.

This behavior is by product design.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbnofix kbusage KB179725
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