'Send a message to a channel or user
@type sender: C{str} or C{unicode}
@param sender: Who is sending this message.  Should be of the form
username!ident@hostmask (unless you know better!).
@type recip: C{str} or C{unicode}
@param recip: The recipient of this message.  If a channel, it must
start with a channel prefix.
@type message: C{str} or C{unicode}
@param message: The message being sent.'

def privmsg(self, sender, recip, message):

    self.sendCommand('PRIVMSG', (recip, (':%s' % (lowQuote(message),))), sender)
