[15:40] recode_autodetect_utf8 = ON [15:40] recode_fallback = CP1252 [15:40] recode = ON [15:40] recode_out_default_charset = [15:40] recode_transliterate = ON You need to add rules with the /recode command: /recode add ircnet/foo ISO-8859-15 /recode add ircnet/bar ISO-8859-1 /recode add freenode/gee ISO-8859-1 Those command will make you .speak. ISO-8859-15 on #foo on IRCNet, and ISO-8859-1 on #bar and #gee in freenode. Everywhere else you will .speak. UTF-8.