Sounds like a way to still find out people's hosts.. Maybe not always doable 
but it would work in theory. Assuming everyone can only get one username, why 
have that in there?

net wrote:

> No, it's made to make sure you don't just set +x and evade the ban for your
> original host.
>
> Cheers,
> notnet
> Developer, Astrolink IRC Network
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cosmin Marcu"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:59 PM
> Subject: [Coder-Com] +x mode (bug?)
>
>
>
> >Hello.
> >Today I found somenthing strange with the +x mode.
> >After logging in to X and seting +x mode I tried to
> >join a channel on which my real hostname was banned.
> >The strange thing is that I couldn't join even if I
> >had that username.users.undernet.org hostname.
> >Is this a bug?


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