Perhaps someone can give instructions to answer Diane's "how to" query? JN On 2018-08-02 01:03 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2018-08-02 13:01, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: >> On 2018-08-02 12:44, Scott Murphy wrote: >>> No idea. I have not been on there in a long time. I don???t even know who is an operator. RGB might have some info. >> >> There was a spambot attacking oftc and freenode. The attacks stopped without >> our intervention on OFTC, but they are still ongoing on freenode. >> >> On #audit on freenode, I managed to stop the spam attacks by setting the >> channel to +r (user registeration required). >> >> MCR did this too on #oclug, but after the attacks stopped, so I think OFTC >> staff mitigated the attack and the +r on #oclug wasn't really necessary. > > Actually, no, I'm wrong. They didn't stop altogether on OFTC, but they did > slow down. So +r seems to have helped. Thanks MCR. > >>>> On Aug 2, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Dianne Skoll <dianne [ at ] skoll [ dot ] ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Has something changed on #oclug? I was kicked from the >>>> channel and can't rejoin unless registered and verified, and >>>> I don't know how to do that. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dianne. >> >> slainte mhath, RGB > > slainte mhath, RGB > > -- > Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> > <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! > Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% > Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org