Can you guess what "Connection Timed Out" means? IRC Connection Problems
This vague error just means you couldn't establish a connection (as if you didn't know this already). If you get it a lot, try some of the servers listed above which are tolerant of identd or reverse DNS problems, in case that is your actual problem and you're just not getting the right error message. If that still doesn't work, it's possible that your ISP is blocking the connection attempt. This is often the case with school or company firewalls designed to discourage or ban IRC activity. The only way to be sure is to ask your network administrators or information technology people. You can sometimes get around this by using port numbers outside the usual 6660-9 range, such as irc.mcs.net port 31337 or irc.lightning.net port 5555, but you are responsible for the potentially serious consequences of intentionally ignoring your school or company's policies. Those rules exist for a reason, and breaking them is usually not wise.

In reply to Re^3: IRC bot with Bot::BasicBot not working by Anonymous Monk
in thread IRC bot with Bot::BasicBot not working by jimi_hendrix

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