Line 2647 in mircryption.mrc v1.15.01 is:
var %etag = $mcetagchan($ename)
which triggers the following error when using /etopic:
* No such identifier: $ename (line 2647, mircryption.mrc)
it's supposed to be:
var %etag = $mcetagchan(%ename)
then it works fine