1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/net/opieirc/ircservereditor.cpp b/noncore/net/opieirc/ircservereditor.cpp
index 1fda868..e5c9ab5 100644
--- a/noncore/net/opieirc/ircservereditor.cpp
+++ b/noncore/net/opieirc/ircservereditor.cpp
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #include "ircservereditor.h"
+#include "ircchannel.h"
 
@@ -71,4 +72,6 @@ void IRCServerEditor::accept() {
             QString channelName = (*it).stripWhiteSpace();
-            if (!channelName.startsWith("#") && !channelName.startsWith("+")) {
-                QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("The channel list needs to contain a\ncomma separated list of channel\n names which start with either '#' or '+'"));
+            if (!IRCChannel::isValid(channelName)) {
+                QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("The channel list needs to contain a\ncomma "
+                "separated list of valid\n channel names (starting \n"
+                "with one of '#' '+' '&' '!'"));
                 return;