Talk:$Hello

Comment: The <nick> NMDCHub sends in $Hello can be different than the nick submitted in $ValidateNick. DC++ and NMDC do not support this though.

NMDC v1 does support changing its nick via the first $Hello. Try entering as NICK and then nick. The second client will be given a different nick in $Hello. --GargoyleMT 11:54, 3 Aug 2005 (EDT)

If they did, it would be a nice way to force e.g. [ISP]nickname for a user. Like:
Client sends to Hub, $ValidateNick fusbar|
Hub replies, $Hello [BBB]fusbar||

thereby forcing ISP into my nickname

Comment on comment:
If DC++ or NMDC supported this, they would be in trouble when the other people's $Hello -commands started pouring in. We must remember that $Hello is sent also to every user when a new user joins the hub.

Comment on comment on comment :-)
Actually, the login process isn't complete until the server sends the Hello, so you can easily treat the first Hello differently from the coming Hellos (I'm not sure, but I think DC++ already does this, right?)