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Re: Banning a server



On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 08:42:08AM +0100, Thomas Kuiper wrote:
-> again I had a strange idea when looking at the possible modes
-> for channels. This one is regarded to ban a whole server/mask
-> from a specific channel, like:
-> /mode #ircd +b :*.de
-> 
-> Well, ircII currently made it
-> *** Mode change "+b *.de!*@*" on channel #ircd by Engerim

nope; ircd made it;

-> Whats the need of this?

i dunno why do you want to ban nicks ending by .de

-> Well, if you dont like people from a specific server on your
-> channel this would fix it. The problem is for example if you
-> have a channel on stealth.net and you like to have this only
-> for users from the US (cause some germans e.g. are always
-> disturbing you) you really wont like to create a channel
-> #mychan:*.net . And &channel would suck cause its local again.
-> Or is there any other possibility to do this?

1. users usually don't know about the possibility (&chan and #chan:*.net)
2. that's too restrictive; ppl want usually to have their channel as open as
   it can be.

-> Problems I see with a mode +b *:domain :
-> + What happens on a netjoin to it?
-> + What happens if you ban yourself
-> 
-> Maybe this can be work arounded by users can join this channel
-> normally, but, (like 2.10.x does) can't talk on this channel.

of course, you can't talk to channel when you're banned and you can't join
unless you have +e

-> Any ideas about this? Or: how to create a US-server-only channel?

no way. what do you want ?
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