Re: /list restrictions

On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 11:32:10AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
> Andy Smith said:
> > Since no spambots are currently able to register nicks on Blitzed,
> > this would put an end to them for a good long while.  Think of it -
> > no spambots in any channel!  All those channels that set +R or +s to
> > get rid of them woulkd be able to unset these modes, and our /list
> > would look bigger than ever before.
> 
> Our /list wouldn't look bigger as it's more the /list for not-registered
> users that counts for the size of an IRC network. See below.

Unregistered human clients will be using /blist, registered clients
will be using /list, bots can be discovered or not cared about?

> > Only those few people who refuse to register nicknames would be
> > forced to use /blist instead.
> 
> What about clients like irc.netsplit.de's tunix?

Good point.  Maybe make it a special class OR registered nick, then
things like netsplit.de would get put into that specific class like
opers and cgiirc is?

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