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I'm using the latest version of eggdrop 1.6.18 and I set it up so its good to go

once I start it up and telnet to griffin I get this:

Trying 69.64.36.242...
Connected to griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Checking ident...
:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Received identd response
:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Couldn't resolve your hostname; using your IP address instead
pong irc.swiftirc.net
ERROR :Closing Link: [69.64.39.174] (Ping timeout)
Connection closed by foreign host.

I can type stuff but I get this:

:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Received identd response
help
:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net 451 help :You have not registered
hello i am typing stuff here
:griffin.mo.us.swiftirc.net 451 hello :You have not registered

pong irc.swiftirc.net
pong :You have not registered

So what do I do? literally? I have no clue because I don't know many putty commands let alone what to do in putty once I get connected.

Why do you even use telnet to connect to IRC, if you have no clue? I only connect using telnet for trouble shouting purpose, therefore to make sure I see ALL responses from the server.
I suggest you to use irssi, or if you still want to, to read this topic first, because you obviously have no idea about how to even connect to IRC without a client doing the login progress: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2510