--- ./channel.c	2003-09-23 20:41:41.000000000 +0200
+++ ../../Unreal3.2/src/channel.c.modified	2003-10-24 15:57:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -4149,6 +4149,9 @@
 			 * some services do this in their topic enforcement -- codemastr 
 			 */
 			{
+				/* we need this to search through the chained list and send the topic setter message to each client. */
+				Member *lp;
+
 				/* setting a topic */
 				topiClen = strlen(topic);
 				nicKlen = strlen(tnick);
@@ -4179,9 +4182,16 @@
 				    chptr->chname, chptr->topic_nick,
 				    chptr->topic_time, chptr->topic);
 				sendto_channel_butserv(chptr, sptr,
-				    ":%s TOPIC %s :%s (%s)", parv[0],
-				    chptr->chname, chptr->topic,
-				    chptr->topic_nick);
+				    ":%s TOPIC %s :%s", parv[0],
+				    chptr->chname, chptr->topic);
+
+				for(lp = chptr->members; lp; lp = lp->next)
+				{
+					sendto_one(lp->cptr,
+                                    	    rpl_str(RPL_TOPICWHOTIME), me.name,
+                                    	    lp->cptr->name, chptr->chname,
+                                    	    chptr->topic_nick, chptr->topic_time);
+                        	}
 			}
 		}
 		else if (((chptr->mode.mode & MODE_TOPICLIMIT) == 0 ||