On 25 Apr 2009, at 02:23, Kobi Shmueli wrote:
Hi all,
I was thinking about a new user mode (+C) to help us in our endless fight against spamming. This user mode will only allow messages/ notices/invites from users who share one or more channels with you with a few exceptions: 1) It'll not work on users who are in no channels. 2) Opers (+o) will be able to bypass it. 3) With the combination of umode +R, identified users (+r) will be able to bypass it.
It'll need to be enabled by default to be effective IMO (possibly together with umode +R so users will be able to get messages from either people who are identified or share the same channel with them).
Thoughts?
-Kobi.
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That is a good suggestion Kobi_S, I know that this is already enforced on another IRC daemon and it works reasonably well and spam is near-to- none on that IRC network, it is enabled by default, which indeed as you proposed proves to be very effective. Something that you might want to consider when discussing a new usermode that will do as you propose, is the amount of users that are used to the current usermodes, and current default usermodes on connect. New users might get confused by the idea if it is enabled by default. Explanations of the new default usermode would have to be posted somewhere, and all users would have to be notified about it (especially as all users will have it on-connect). On the network that I talked about first off, their help channel is just full of questions from new-to-IRC users asking the same question, why they aren't receiving private messages from users. Although, with the exceptions that you have proposed, I can't see any problems arising like this, just ensure that exceptions to the usermode are chosen correctly, and efficiently. Generally, you might want to consider adding other features to the IRC daemon to prevent advertising, rather than adding something to hide it. Would this be something you would consider, if someone would propose an idea? --- This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named persons only and may be confidential. Information contained should not be, may not be, disclosed to any third party without prior written consent from the above sender. If you have been the recipient of this e-mail unintentionally you should delete this e-mail, and/or any attached files to this e-mail. Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that the Internet is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. Although steps have been taken to ensure that this e-mail and its attachments are virus free, we advise that the recipient should take steps to ensure they are virus free.