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Albie: Tested the stored password limit, removed tested notice and added version test number.

2011-03-07T18:29:28Z

Tested the stored password limit, removed tested notice and added version test number.

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	~~<font color=#009900>'''Warning: Not all of these values are updated for mIRC v6.32 and above. Sections which remain to be confirmed are marked with </font><font color=#AA0000>(Untested)'''</font>~~		This page explains various limits imposed by mIRC version 7.19, however this may not be a complete list. The length is measured in bytes (equivalent to ASCII characters, including spaces.)

	This page explains various limits imposed by mIRC, however this may not be a complete list. The length is measured in bytes (equivalent to ASCII characters, including spaces.)

	You can find the original limits page [http://www.xise.nl/mirc/wiki/doku.php?id=limits here.]		You can find the original limits page [http://www.xise.nl/mirc/wiki/doku.php?id=limits here.]
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	<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Server passwords (stored)'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left~~><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font~~> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords (stored)'''</td><td>255</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left>As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Server passwords (sent)'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left>As associated with the /[[server]] command</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords (sent)'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left>As associated with the /[[server]] command</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Added sent password limit

2011-03-07T18:25:42Z

Added sent password limit

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	<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords (stored)'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>
			<td>'''Server passwords (sent)'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left>As associated with the /[[server]] command</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Incoming PING argument'''</td><td>506</td><td>Ignored</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by incoming line limit. Leading spaces are stripped.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Incoming PING argument'''</td><td>506</td><td>Ignored</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by incoming line limit. Leading spaces are stripped.</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Change name is 256 if including the prefix.

2011-03-06T16:25:38Z

Change name is 256 if including the prefix.

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	<td>'''Incoming lines'''</td><td>511</td><td>Ignored</td><td style=text-align:left>Excludes CR/LF.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Incoming lines'''</td><td>511</td><td>Ignored</td><td style=text-align:left>Excludes CR/LF.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Outgoing lines'''</td><td>LLL</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Outgoing lines'''</td><td>LLL</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>~~255~~</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>256</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Changed the variables when exceeded from unset to truncated.

2011-03-06T15:35:21Z

Changed the variables when exceeded from unset to truncated.

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	<td colspan=0>'''Global limits'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''Global limits'''</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Line Length Limit'''<br>(''LLL'')</td><td>4150</td><td>Truncated or error<td style=text-align:left>To be precise: 4150 for evaluation results, 4151 for command lines (excluding command prefixes.)</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Line Length Limit'''<br>(''LLL'')</td><td>4150</td><td>Truncated or error<td style=text-align:left>To be precise: 4150 for evaluation results, 4151 for command lines (excluding command prefixes.)</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Variables'''<br>(local or global)</td><td>4150</td><td>~~Unset~~</td><td style=text-align:left>This limit includes the variable's name. Example: using "%a" as a name uses 3 bytes (2 for the name and 1 for a space.)<br>This means that for every extra character in the variable name, the maximum length of the value is reduced.<br>'''Note:''' the /set command further reduces the length limit to 4144 due to the 4 characters used by "set ". (LLL)</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Variables'''<br>(local or global)</td><td>4150</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left>This limit includes the variable's name. Example: using "%a" as a name uses 3 bytes (2 for the name and 1 for a space.)<br>This means that for every extra character in the variable name, the maximum length of the value is reduced.<br>'''Note:''' the /set command further reduces the length limit to 4144 due to the 4 characters used by "set ". (LLL)</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Calculations'''</td><td>'''Max value:'''<br>9007199254740992</td><td>Inaccurate</td><td style=text-align:left>Calculations past this number will generally be incorrect. Only the first 15 numbers of the result will be accurately calculated.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Calculations'''</td><td>'''Max value:'''<br>9007199254740992</td><td>Inaccurate</td><td style=text-align:left>Calculations past this number will generally be incorrect. Only the first 15 numbers of the result will be accurately calculated.</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''IRC server related'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''IRC server related'''</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Updated address limit

2011-03-06T15:29:55Z

Updated address limit

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	<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>255</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>255</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>90</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>504</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Updated address limits

2011-03-06T15:23:45Z

Updated address limits

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	<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>255</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>255</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>90</td><td>~~Truncated~~</td><td style=text-align:left>~~<font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> The part of the full address after~~ the ~~"!"; only with JOIN/QUIT messages, addresses from WHO replies are not truncated~~.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>90</td><td>Ignored.</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by the incoming line limit.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Updated the incoming ping argument

2011-03-06T15:11:42Z

Updated the incoming ping argument

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	<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Incoming PING argument'''</td><td>24</td><td>~~No reply sent~~</td><td style=text-align:left>~~<font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> First character must be a digit; leading~~ spaces ~~ignored~~.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Incoming PING argument'''</td><td>506</td><td>Ignored</td><td style=text-align:left>Limited by incoming line limit. Leading spaces are stripped.</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''Sockets'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''Sockets'''</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Socket name'''</td><td>255</td><td>Error</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Socket name'''</td><td>255</td><td>Error</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>

Albie: Updated nickname length

2011-03-06T15:03:38Z

Updated nickname length

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	<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Channel keys'''</td><td>256</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>90</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> The part of the full address after the "!"; only with JOIN/QUIT messages, addresses from WHO replies are not truncated.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Addresses'''</td><td>90</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> The part of the full address after the "!"; only with JOIN/QUIT messages, addresses from WHO replies are not truncated.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left~~><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font~~></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Nicknames'''</td><td>111</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Server passwords'''</td><td>50</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> As associated with server entries</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''CTCPs'''</td></tr><tr>

Albie: Updated incoming line limit

2011-03-06T14:56:57Z

Updated incoming line limit

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	<td>'''Calculations'''</td><td>'''Max value:'''<br>9007199254740992</td><td>Inaccurate</td><td style=text-align:left>Calculations past this number will generally be incorrect. Only the first 15 numbers of the result will be accurately calculated.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Calculations'''</td><td>'''Max value:'''<br>9007199254740992</td><td>Inaccurate</td><td style=text-align:left>Calculations past this number will generally be incorrect. Only the first 15 numbers of the result will be accurately calculated.</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''IRC server related'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''IRC server related'''</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Incoming lines'''</td><td>~~601~~</td><td>~~Truncated~~</td><td style=text-align:left~~><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font~~> Excludes CR/LF.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Incoming lines'''</td><td>511</td><td>Ignored</td><td style=text-align:left>Excludes CR/LF.</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Outgoing lines'''</td><td>LLL</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Outgoing lines'''</td><td>LLL</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left></td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>255</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Joined channel names'''</td><td>255</td><td>Parted immediately</td><td style=text-align:left>Includes channel prefix.</td></tr><tr>

Daveoh: Calculations: although it's not a length limit, it's still a limit. Added text to show it's a value limit

2009-09-16T20:49:56Z

Calculations: although it's not a length limit, it's still a limit. Added text to show it's a value limit

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	<td>'''Line Length Limit'''<br>(''LLL'')</td><td>4150</td><td>Truncated or error<td style=text-align:left>To be precise: 4150 for evaluation results, 4151 for command lines (excluding command prefixes.)</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Line Length Limit'''<br>(''LLL'')</td><td>4150</td><td>Truncated or error<td style=text-align:left>To be precise: 4150 for evaluation results, 4151 for command lines (excluding command prefixes.)</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Variables'''<br>(local or global)</td><td>4150</td><td>Unset</td><td style=text-align:left>This limit includes the variable's name. Example: using "%a" as a name uses 3 bytes (2 for the name and 1 for a space.)<br>This means that for every extra character in the variable name, the maximum length of the value is reduced.<br>'''Note:''' the /set command further reduces the length limit to 4144 due to the 4 characters used by "set ". (LLL)</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Variables'''<br>(local or global)</td><td>4150</td><td>Unset</td><td style=text-align:left>This limit includes the variable's name. Example: using "%a" as a name uses 3 bytes (2 for the name and 1 for a space.)<br>This means that for every extra character in the variable name, the maximum length of the value is reduced.<br>'''Note:''' the /set command further reduces the length limit to 4144 due to the 4 characters used by "set ". (LLL)</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Calculations'''</td><td>9007199254740992</td><td>Inaccurate</td><td style=text-align:left>Calculations past this number will generally be incorrect. Only the first 15 numbers of the result will be accurately calculated.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Calculations'''</td><td>'''Max value:'''<br>9007199254740992</td><td>Inaccurate</td><td style=text-align:left>Calculations past this number will generally be incorrect. Only the first 15 numbers of the result will be accurately calculated.</td></tr><tr>
	<td colspan=0>'''IRC server related'''</td></tr><tr>		<td colspan=0>'''IRC server related'''</td></tr><tr>
	<td>'''Incoming lines'''</td><td>601</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> Excludes CR/LF.</td></tr><tr>		<td>'''Incoming lines'''</td><td>601</td><td>Truncated</td><td style=text-align:left><font color=#AA0000>'''(Untested)'''</font> Excludes CR/LF.</td></tr><tr>