This was the last ping script made for ircII2.2pre7 Its use is highly discouraged: ircII2.2 has a PING command and thus does not need a ping alias. If you need to ping someone you know is using an old client, then you can load this script and it should work.
Additionnal commands available: PING <nickname> will hopefully give you a response that will tell you how long it took to send a message to that person and to get a reply. Not all clients answer automatically, so don't expect it to always work.