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N00b question about Irssi
| >>634856
-whois: Specifies the maximum number of nicknames in one WHOIS command.
-msgs: Specifies the maximum number of nicknames in one PRIVMSG command.
-kicks: Specifies the maximum number of nicknames in one KICK.
the thing is: why have to put a limit on your irc client for this stuff? do servers ban you if you send private messages to too many people at once?
| Yes, since it was used for spamming back in like 1992. There's also very few reasons for a normal user to communicate with many people at once unless it's in a channel. Different servers has different thresholds so it makes sense to put a safe hard limit in the clients.
If you have a valid reason like running tons of eggdrops you can always script it to wait a few seconds between every private message.
| thanks! very helpful ^_^
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| i started using the irssi irc client recently (and irc in general) and i think i know the basics of it.
but i'm not sure about the parameters for the networks. When you do /NETWORK LIST you see things like:
Freenode: max_kicks: 1, max_msgs: 4, max_whois: 1
i looked at /HELP NETWORK and it says this:
(to be continued...)