--- src/irc/core/irc.c.orig	Fri Oct 10 17:30:03 2003
+++ src/irc/core/irc.c	Sat Dec 27 22:20:56 2003
@@ -108,9 +108,14 @@
 	int send_now;
 
         g_get_current_time(&now);
-	send_now = g_timeval_cmp(&now, &server->wait_cmd) >= 0 &&
-		(server->cmdcount < server->max_cmds_at_once ||
-		 server->cmd_queue_speed <= 0);
+
+	if (getenv("IRSSI_NOTHROTTLE")) {
+		send_now = TRUE;
+	} else {
+		send_now = g_timeval_cmp(&now, &server->wait_cmd) >= 0 &&
+			(server->cmdcount < server->max_cmds_at_once ||
+		 	server->cmd_queue_speed <= 0);
+	}
 
         irc_send_cmd_full(server, cmd, send_now, FALSE, FALSE);
 }