order.

Socket.bind() argument and server.interface_ip_address property.
Removed call to socket.close() to work-around fatal error:
"TypeError: this.socket has no properties". Since the socket object is deleted
anyway, the socket should close automatically when it is finalized. There may
be a better solution to this error.

Socket.bind() argument and server.interface_ip_address property.

interface address argument was specified.

particular network interface to bind to (e.g. server.interface_ip_address).

options, and interface_addr.

Open message log files in overwrote mode unless -a (append) option is used.
Display error if unable to open null output device.

nick (i.e. in the case of bans.)  This fixes the lame "line 3575" bug.

all files linked with load_cfg.c.

to stderr, with configurable error log level threshold (-E option).
Created -e<filename> option to tee error messages to file and stderr.
Created -o<filename> option to send console output to file (like a pipe).
All options (except for -h) now support -x<value> and -x <value> syntax.
When no argument is passed with -h, it acts like -H (uses local hostname).
Removed -H option (redundant now).

after execution).

services) start type to DISABLE or AUTO_START.

default IRC masks (i.e. for bans or access lists.)

"IRC wildcards": * = Any 0 or more characters, ? = Any 1 character only.
i.e. IRC_match("cyan@gammos.weyland-yutani.net","*@*.WEYLAND-YUTANI.NET")
returns a match, whereas IRC_match("usr@something.com","????@*.com") does not.

Now supports folded header fields.

create an object (associative array) that contains all the RFC822 header
fields as string properties.

pause is forced when an online external program (door) exits. Default is off.