irc via telnet, how to auto-pong?

Hello.

I'm using irc via telnet to learn more about the raw protocol. Everything runs smoothly except one thing that I find annoying. I need to reply to ping with pong <message from ping> every time the server requests it, otherwise it will disconnect me (ping timeout). Because of this I can't idle out and need to pay attention to ping requests. I'm trying to find some way to still use telnet normally only to make those pong replies more automatic so I can do something else. I tried googling and asking around on irc channels, but to no success so far. Any ideas? I'm connecting from a *nix server.

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Even wrote a plugin for it that changes the encoding of messages sent to the server.
Who 'even wrote' a plugin for 'it'?

(before you start your ecudumacated pseudo-smart talk
Perhaps you ment educated pseudo smart talk. (no hyphen)

Because you said so. Too bad my terminal doesn't care about you either.
No, not because I said so, because you don't know how to use your terminal.
Moreover, to further prove my claim, you believe that terminals have feelings, which is ofcourse, false.

Not so lost any more. I've learned a lot, even through this stupid flame war. I wonder what your next reply is going to look like... perhaps "you probably don't know how to blind type either!"? Try that line, it may be fun. Don't forget to collect some "evidence". Once you're done with the humping that is.
I am the one who feels lost now. Blind type? What is that? What evidence are you refering to?
I suggest a therapist.