On 20 August 2018 12:27:02 GMT+05:30, G Karunakar <karuna...@geekgod.in> wrote: >On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 20:25:10 +0530 >Dhanesh B. Sabane wrote: > >> Aloha! >> >> Over the last couple of weeks, our #pluggies channel on Freenode >> IRC has been receiving a lot of spam and we should be enabling >> certain modes to prevent it. The `/msg chanserv access #pluggies >> list` command tells me that 3 people have access to the channel - >> shantanoo, karunakar and freenode-staff. Someone please get in >> touch with any of them and ask them to moderate the channel as soon >> as possible. >> >> Also, if they don't have the bandwidth to keep moderating the >> channel, I'll be more than happy to volunteer for the task. > >I think we have moderators and no OP. >Is it bots which are spamming? Could this be due to bots joining >through matrix.org link? >I have seen couple joining the channel, posting a link and quiting. I >assume its not the same nick posting. Maybe difficult to block each >nick,or perhaps allow known nicks only. > There is no spam from the matrix side. Unlike IRC, spamming from matrix side is very difficult as it requires creating an account on a known server. Also the spam controls for the group can be controlled very easily.
Some of us have been talking about the goodness of matrix for a while. Just to state , 'matrix users are not causing the spam, nor the matrix bots` please address the spam on the IRC side. >Karunakar > >_______________________________________________ >plug-mail mailing list >plug-mail@plug.org.in >http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ plug-mail mailing list plug-mail@plug.org.in http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail
