[SLUG] IRC Connection problems

Al Girling al21 at firenet.uk.com
Mon Dec 30 23:24:01 GMT 2002


On Monday 30 Dec 2002 1:56 am, Gavin Baker wrote:
> Hi, Al
>
> Al wrote something like:
> > irc.debian.org is broken
>
> Make sure your Realname is more than 2 characters.
>
> They recon they changed the ircd and added this "feature" to help stop
> children sending lots of silly "flood bots" and things onto the network,
> although I can't see how it will help.
>
> It got me too :)

Cheers Gavin,  Worked a treat.

Thanks for your input also, Jamie.  But I must say you have no idea how 
relieved I am, not to start buggering about with firewalls at the moment.  
It's completely uncharted territory for me, and the thought of it scares with 
silly!

Happy New year to all!

Al




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