when someone writes something with bold control codes,
i won't see it's text, and the next line which doesn't contain any control codes, is bold. a concrete example is the havok2k mirc script's LOL/ROTFL addon.

best regards:
Duedoo Was
--- Begin /etc/irc/script/local (modified conffile)
load cursor
load tabkey
set STATUS_USER
set EIGHT_BIT_CHARACTERS on
set COLOR off
set beep_when_away on
set no_ctcp_flood on
set verbose_ctcp on
set beep_on_msg on
set suppress_server_motd
set warn_of_ignores on

--- End /etc/irc/script/local

--- Begin /etc/irc/motd (modified conffile)
Config file not present or no permissions for access

--- End /etc/irc/motd