Hi,
I hope I do not look too nasty but... Try to have a look at the Net::IRC module. It does that for you and more beside :))

As it said inn the module man page: 

use Net::IRC;

$irc = new Net::IRC;
$conn = $irc->newconn(Nick    => 'some_nick',
                      Server  => 'some.irc.server.com',
                      Port    =>  6667,
                      Ircname => 'Some witty comment.');
$irc->start;

[download]
is all you need.

By the way, doing it through Socket, implies reading very carefully the IRC rfc.

Cheers
Leo TheHobbit
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In reply to Re: Really Need Help with SOCKETS by TheHobbit
in thread Really Need Help with SOCKETS by Jaspersan

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