Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Mdasoh Kyaeppd
mk> and the links I provided in the previous mailing: mk> https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org/blob/master/scripts/account-notify.pl mk> https://paste.debian.net/1036084/ should be mk> https://paste.debian.net/1036261/ the other link was just me troubleshooting atheme with ircd-seven.

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Mdasoh Kyaeppd
re: jhall, > ...what happened on IRC...? spammers from tor exit nodes are disrupting most channels. Now they have made it to ##freedos . I believe this is an attack on (lusers of) the tor network, as many of the addresses have been naturally been banned or blocked from various networks and

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Jim Hall
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:31 AM, David McMackins wrote: > Might pop by #freedos on there at some point if other people go there :) >> > > I idle in there. I had asked before if anyone on the mailing list was > there but it appeared no one was. > > > > I used to hang out in the IRC channel until

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Jim Hall
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Kenway, Owain wrote: > Hi, > > It's not just #freedos, the whole of Freenode has been under attack (I > didn't even realise there was a #freedos on there - I use it to talk to > other HPC people): > > https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack > > Might pop by

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Steve Nickolas
On Thu, 2 Aug 2018, Jim Hall wrote: Thanks Steve, very helpful. Having a little more time to research: looks like *+q* effectively bans(?) users from chatting, except for matching users. And the *$~a* pattern seems to match registered users? Ah, "gag" mode. At least, that's what I get

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread David McMackins
9834 || External: 02031089834 The Green Zone, 1 St Martin's Le Grand, London, EC1A 4NP From: Jim Hall Sent: 02 August 2018 15:52 To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers. Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos Th

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Kenway, Owain
: 02 August 2018 15:52 To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers. Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos Thanks Steve, very helpful. Having a little more time to research: looks like +q effectively bans(?) users from chatting, except for matching u

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Jim Hall
Thanks Steve, very helpful. Having a little more time to research: looks like *+q* effectively bans(?) users from chatting, except for matching users. And the *$~a* pattern seems to match registered users? At least, that's what I get from reading jjasghar's channel operator quick reference

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Steve Nickolas
On Thu, 2 Aug 2018, Jim Hall wrote: Hi! So, what happened on IRC the day before yesterday? I'm afraid you've lost me with the other IRC stuff you mention. I don't know what "/mode #freedos +q $~a" does. Is that something visitors on IRC would do in their clients, or is this an IRC server

Re: [Freedos-devel] irc oper required at #freedos

2018-08-02 Thread Jim Hall
Hi! So, what happened on IRC the day before yesterday? I'm afraid you've lost me with the other IRC stuff you mention. I don't know what "/mode #freedos +q $~a" does. Is that something visitors on IRC would do in their clients, or is this an IRC server setting? (Note that I don't run the IRC