First C++ Program in a long time

[Fallen]

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib");

using namespace std;

typedef struct
{
    string Nick;
    string Host;
    string Message;
} IRC_Privmsg;

string ranstring(int len)
{
    string ListNew;
    for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
        int select = rand() % 2;
        char Value = (select ? (char)(rand() % 26 + 65):(char)(rand() % 10 + 48));
        ListNew.append(1, Value);
    }
    return ListNew;
}

int IRC_Send(SOCKET s, string buf)
{
    send(s, buf.c_str(), strlen(buf.c_str()), 0);
}

IRC_Privmsg privmsg_parse(string message)
{
    int pos = 1;
    IRC_Privmsg IRC_Parsed;
    for(int x = pos; x < message.length(); x++)
    {
        if(message[x]!='!')
        {
            IRC_Parsed.Nick.append(1, message[x]);
        }
        else
        {
            pos = x + 1;
            break;
        }
    }
    for(int x = pos; x < message.length(); x++)
    {
        if(message[x]!=' ')
        {
            IRC_Parsed.Host.append(1, message[x]);
        }
        else
        {
            pos = x;
            break;
        }
    }
    for(int x = pos ;x < message.length(); x++)
    {
        if(message[x]==':')
        {
            pos = x + 1;
            break;
        }
    }
    for(int x = pos; x < message.length(); x++)
    {
        IRC_Parsed.Message.append(1, message[x]);
    }
    return IRC_Parsed;
}

void IRC_Connect(string host, int port, string nick)
{
        SOCKET mySocket;
        WSAData wsaData;
        struct hostent *hoste;
        struct sockaddr_in in;
        int s;
        WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData);
        s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        hoste = gethostbyname(host.c_str());
        if (hoste == NULL)
        {
            IRC_Connect(host, port, nick);
        }

        in.sin_family = AF_INET;
        in.sin_port = htons((unsigned short)port);
        in.sin_addr.s_addr = *(unsigned long *) hoste->h_addr;
        if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) &in, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
        {
            IRC_Connect(host, port, nick);
        }
        char recvBuf[4096];
        int byteRecv;
        int byteSent;
        cout << "Connected....\nSending headers...\n\n";
        IRC_Send(s, "USER "+nick+" 8 * :X\r\n");
        IRC_Send(s, "NICK "+nick+"\r\n");
        IRC_Send(s, "JOIN #botland\r\n");
        IRC_Privmsg PrivmsgHandler;
        while(byteRecv != SOCKET_ERROR)
        {
            memset(recvBuf, '\0', sizeof(recvBuf));
            byteRecv = recv(s, recvBuf, 4096, 0);
            if(byteRecv == 0 || byteRecv == WSAECONNRESET)
            {
                cout << "Conection Reset by host!\n";
                IRC_Connect(host, port, nick);
            }
            if(string(recvBuf).find("PING") != string::npos)
            {
                cout << "ping";
                IRC_Send(s, "PONG "+string(recvBuf).substr(20,9) + "\r\n");
            }
            if(string(recvBuf).find("PRIVMSG") != string::npos)
            {
                PrivmsgHandler = privmsg_parse(recvBuf);
                cout << PrivmsgHandler.Nick << endl;
                cout << PrivmsgHandler.Host << endl;
                cout << PrivmsgHandler.Message << endl;
            }
            cout << recvBuf <<endl;
        }
}

int main()
{
         string host = "irc.Malvager.com";
         int port = 6667;
         string ran = ranstring(7);
         string nick = "Bot|"+ran;
         IRC_Connect(host, port, nick);
}

Basic IRC type bot, uses a struct to handle/parse PRIVMSG's

includes a simple random string generation function for the nick

Auto reconnects, etc.