[Toolserver-l] Two beginner questions

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Михајло Анђелковић wrote:
> Long ago I have noticed that the irc server is kicking my bot out
> after some time from some reason.
> 
> Then I looked closer and noticed there is a server's ping around that
> mishaps. Alright, then I just added an ad-hoc pong:
> 
> 	public void responsePing(String line) {
> 		try {
> 			out.println("PONG :" + line.substring(line.indexOf(":")+1));
> 		} catch(Throwable th) {
> 			// ...
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> And said it to go to hell. Pure storytelling is not why I am writing
> this. I have a question. I was returning the server whatever it was
> sending to me as a ping. This is how it worked like two years ago. Has
> something changed?
> 
> M

No.