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+# $EPIC: referring_to_servers.txt,v 1.1 2006/09/02 00:37:24 jnelson Exp $
+======Special Topic:======
+A server has several pieces of data that identify it
+| Refnum        | A small positive integer number |
+| Our Name      | The hostname you provided in the server description |
+| Its Name      | The name the server refers to itself as on irc |
+| Group         | The (local) group name you put the server into |
+| Alt names     | Any alternate name you have given the server |
+There are many places you provide a "server" to the client.  It uses
+the above rules to convert what you provide into a refnum.
+If you provide a number, it refers to the server with that refnum.
+Otherwise, scans all of the servers that are open from the lowest refnum
+to the highest refnum, and looks to see if what you provided wildcard
+matches any of the above pieces of data.
+If none of the open servers match, it then scans all of the closed servers
+from lowest refnum to highest refnum.
+If none of the closed servers match, then what you provided does not refer
+to a server.  In many cases, if you provided a server description, it will
+be added to the server list, assigned a new refnum, and that refnum will
+be used.
+Please remember, if more than one server shares the same piece of data
+(for example, you are connected to "irc.foo.com:6667" and "irc.foo.com:6666",
+and you ask for "irc.foo.com", or you are connected to two servers in the
+same group and you refer to that group), then the one with the lowest refnum
+wins.
+Please remember that any of the above pieces of data is considered acceptable
+to match.  The "group" of server 0 beats out "our name" of server 1.
+Please remember that wildcards are always accepted!  It's perfectly acceptable
+to do something like
+	/disconnect *.undernet.org