Christian Meyer wrote: > > On Sun, 2001-11-11 at 17:25, Alan Horkan wrote: > > > > hmm peoples questions seem to be getting ignored, > > which is a shame. > > it would be great if we could hack one > > of the bots to auto respond after N seconds if no one else has > > responded with a message and telling > > them to mail the list instead > > > > just a thought, dont know if its actualy practical. > > Sounds cool. But what BOT is the right BOT for that task?! > > Greetings, > Christian
hmm better idea it would probably be easier to do like they do on #debian and have an introductory message: > ChanServ(ChanServ@services.)- [#debian] Welcome to #Debian. This is a discussion >channel, if you have a question about <snip> > channel's guidelines by typing in "/msg apt guidelines". Please do not paste in the >channel; And in our message tell people that people are mostly on American or European times, and if they dont get a response not to take it personally and mail the to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] i think that might be a task that Abbey bot could appropriately handle -- ~ |v| // \\ /( )\ ^`~'^
