Radium said: "Basically, for the servers, the user never left the channel (thus does not lose the @). The client-server protocol would not change and for the users on the channel, it would look like a real PART, JOIN, MODE +o sequence."
Basically like '/mode nick +x' does at the moment only PART instead of QUIT, which clients DO see. Pingu -----Original Message----- From: Jeekay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Radium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:32:38 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [Coder-Com] New command request for IRCU > Umm... if the clients dont see the user parting/joining the channel, how > exactly are the on-join spammers going to send them a message.. on join? > > GK > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Radium wrote: > > > Hello, > > I had an idea that would help channel operators fight spamming > > on their channels. I suggest the addition of a new command CYCLE > > that would be available to channel operators only (I know that the > > functionnality is "somehow" already included in most scripts.. however > > it would be much more efficient at the server level). > > > > A channel operator that would issue the "/quote CYCLE #channel" > > command would be propagated to all servers and each server would > > issue a PART, JOIN, and MODE +o command on the server-client > > protocol only. Basically, for the servers, the user never left the > > channel (thus does not lose the @). The client-server protocol would > > not change and for the users on the channel, it would look like a real > > PART, JOIN, MODE +o sequence. > > > > Why? we save some bandwidth on the server-server protocol: no need > > to send the PART, JOIN, and MODEs.. and we save as well some > > work-load for X, cuz when a user cycle a channel it is normally followed > > by an op request to the channel bot or X. > > We will eliminate the need for special bots that have been set-up to > join-part > > channels to find spammers. Actually, it's for the last reason that I > > beleive it would be a good addition to ircu. I was thinking of adding a > > new bot for that purpose on #quebec, but with this feature, the existing > > bot can do the job without any loss of performance. > > > > Radium > > >
