Python simple bot

#Copyright 2014 Usmar Padow (amigojapan) usmpadow@gmail.com
import socket
import string
import time
from random import randint

#Configuration
HOST="irc.dal.net"
PORT=6667
NICK="DataBot"
PASS="enterprise"
IDENT="DataBot"
REALNAME="DataBot"
CHAN="#depression"
ECHO=True
TIMEOUT=200
#DELAY_FOR_MOTD=30#this is the delay that I estimate may take for MOTD to come out( quick and dirty fix, fix later)


readbuffer=""
def IRCconnect(s):
    s.settimeout(TIMEOUT)#this value seems to be in seconds
    s.connect((HOST, PORT))
    ##join with a random nickname, release the real nick then identify
    RANDNICK="RANDNICK"+str(randint(100,1000))
    s.send("PASS testpassword\r\n")
    s.send("NICK %s\r\n" % RANDNICK)
    s.send("USER %s %s bla :%s\r\n" % (IDENT, HOST, REALNAME))
    #print "Delaying "+str(DELAY_FOR_MOTD)+" Seconds in hope MOTD has gone by"
    #time.sleep(DELAY_FOR_MOTD)
    s.send("PRIVMSG NickServ@services.dal.net :RELEASE "+NICK+" "+PASS+"\r\n")
    s.send("NICK "+NICK+"\r\n")
    s.send("PRIVMSG NickServ@services.dal.net :IDENTIFY "+PASS+"\r\n")
    s.send("JOIN :%s\r\n" % CHAN)
    s.send("PRIVMSG %s :%s\r\n" % (CHAN, "bot activated"))

s=socket.socket( )
IRCconnect(s)


while 1:
    try:
        readbuffer=readbuffer+s.recv(1024)
        if ECHO:
            print readbuffer
        temp=string.split(readbuffer, "\n")
        readbuffer=temp.pop( )
        #put all parameters after the commands in the params variable and command in command variable
        for line in temp:
            line=string.rstrip(line)
            line=string.split(line)
        if len(line)>3:
            command= line[3][1:len(line[3])]
            params=""
            for a in range(4, len(line)):
                params=params+line[a]+" "
            params=params[:-1]#strip the extra space
        #Bot commands
        #if command=="!say":
        #   s.send("PRIVMSG %s :%s\r\n" % (CHAN, params))
        if command=="!help":
            s.send("PRIVMSG %s :%s\r\n" % (CHAN, "Sorry, help is not available"))
            command=""

        if(line[0]=="PING"):
            s.send("PONG %s\r\n" % line[1])
    except socket.timeout:
        s.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
        s=socket.socket( )
        print "Connection timed out, reconnecting..."
        IRCconnect(s)
    except socket.error:
        s.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
        s=socket.socket( )
        print "Connection reset by peer, reconnecting..."
        IRCconnect(s)