From: herm@acme.etsu.edu (Herman H. Fredriksson)
Subject: Floods, Protocol, Worthless Bots (Re: Supidity of the Lambs !)
Followup-To: alt.rtfm
Organization: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, USA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:26:17 GMT

gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
>Herman H. Fredriksson (herm@acme.etsu.edu) wrote:
>: gardabr@unix1.MRIH.NO (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
>: >titus chiu (titus@coombs.anu.edu.au) wrote:
>: >: gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
>: 
>: [..crap deleted..]
>: 
>: >/set exec_protection off
>: >/on -notice nickserv /exec -msg echo help
>: >/msg nickserv help
>: 
>: You DONT reply to a NOTICE, especially with a PRIVMSG. You DONT reply
>: to a PRIVMSG with a PRIVMSG. Do you understand this? Have you heard
>: this before? Remember, the thing about breaking protocol? *sigh*
>: 
>This was not the response of the protocol, but a response to all the comments
>about the crap about how Glurg could be flooded and how GOOD bots like
>nickserv couldn't be flooded. Well, nickserv could be flooded, and in fact,
>all bots can be flooded if you really want to. And you don't flood a bot by
>accident.

Not the point moron, in your responce you made an example which breaks
irc protocol. Yes NickServ can be flooded, but only by Clueless dorks who
feel obliged to break the protocol, and whinge and whine when they are
given information on what they are doing wrong. 

Since you wont read help files and manuals and learn how to use
software, but you reald alt.irc.. maybe this might help..
its from the IRCII2.2beta1 help files.

---[ begin included section ]---

Usage: ON [+|-|^|#|&|@]NOTICE [-|^]<nicknames> [action]
  This is activated whenever you receive a NOTICE from someone.
  The parameters for the action are as follows:
    $0    nickname of person who sent the NOTICE
    $1-   The message

  Warning: If you attempt to send a MSG from within a MSG
  action, it will be automatically converted to a NOTICE, as
  this will prevent MSG loops from being sent between two or
  more users.  Also, you will not be permitted to send either
  MSGs or NOTICEs from within a NOTICE action.  The irc protocol
  states that NOTICEs may not generate automatic replies so this 
  will prevent loops of automatic messages from flooding the net.

---[ end included section ]---

>
>: [..more crap..]
>: >: get some clues please.
>: yes, please do as the good man says, and get a clue.
 
>How about you? Would you please keep the different subjects apart? We are not
>just talking about the protocol, but also which bots should be on, which should
>not be on, what is a good bot (and here is where the flooding came in),
>wether or bots should be allowed at all on irc...

if you post something which shows a blatent disregard for
irc.protocol, expect to get flamed for it, regardless of 
thread or subject title you decide to post it under. The current
title "Stupidity of the lambs !" seems to suggest all your stupidity may
be discussed here.

>: herm.
>: (say NO to unattended bots)

>/Gard - say...

herm
(say NO to unattended bots)
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