On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:24:15AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> I agree with Steve. While I agree that freenode has many flaws (the > >>> biggest being NOIDPRIVMSG), I find that while I am in Debian channels on > >> Exactly, why is an optional feature such a big flaw? > >Because it's the default and practically no one changes it. This is a > Maybe because actually it's not such a big deal? :-)
More likely, because it's hardly documented that this is the default and because not many people know how to switch it off. I know *I* had to bitch about it before being told where the documentation was. And I forgot all about it in the mean time. > >big problem, because on a network that offers so many support channels, > >you have a lot of users who are on only to get a question answered (Foo > >isn't working, what am I doing wrong?). These users have no desire, nor > >real reason to register a nick. Also, there are lots of times I have > They do not need to. If you want to receive their privated messages then > *you* can disable NOIDPRIVMSG and they will not even know about it. Only if they're lucky enough to try to ask someone who has NOIDPRIVMSG disabled. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
