Channel name with @ sign

[afish]

Is it possible to join channel with @ in its name? Let's say that I have channel #a@b at irc.freenode.net, I cannot join it using a@b%irc.freenode.net, a\40b%irc.freenode.net, a|40b%irc.freenode.net, and other variations.

When trying to join a@b%irc.freenode.net the transport says that the jid is malformed. With a\40b%irc.freenode.net it connects the channel but without unescaping the character (so it enters the #a\40b).

[normanr]

What client are you using? From what I remember a\40b%irc.freenode.net is the right variation. Your client might be double-escaping it, can you get an XML trace from your client?

[afish]

I'm using Miranda NG, trying to connect to room a@b at irc.freenode.net via irc.4programmers.net transport. See the XML below:

<presence to="a\40b%irc.freenode.net@irc.4programmers.net/Afish_miranda"> <priority>5</priority> <x xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/muc" /> <c xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/caps" node="http://miranda-ng.org/caps" ver="0.95.5.17003" ext="x86 mood activity mir_notes" /> <x xmlns="vcard-temp:x:update"> <photo /> </x> <show>away</show> <status></status> </presence>

I'm checking with https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/ client that instead of connecting to #a@40 via jabber, I am joining the room #a\40b.