simple irc script

import sys
import socket
import string
import time

HOST="irc.rizon.net"
PORT=6667
NICK="test333"
IDENT="lbot"
REALNAME="bot1"
readbuffer=""
CHANNEL = "#test"




s=socket.socket( )
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
s.send("NICK %s\r\n" % NICK)
s.send("USER %s %s bla :%s\r\n" % (IDENT, HOST, REALNAME))
##print s.recv(1024)
time.sleep(1)
s.send("JOIN %s\r\n" % CHANNEL)



while 1:
    msg = s.recv(512)
    msg = msg.strip("\r\n").split()
    if "PING" in msg:
        s.send("PONG %s\r\n" % msg[1])
        if "!quit" in msg:
            sys.exit()