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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!manuel.anu.edu.au!coombs!avalon
  2. From: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.irc
  4. Subject: Re: A new (very simple) bot solution
  5. Date: 20 Dec 92 07:30:24 GMT
  6. Organization: Australian National University
  7. Lines: 15
  8. Message-ID: <avalon.724836624@coombs>
  9. References: <1992Dec5.143833.28877@aston.ac.uk> <avalon.724248910@coombs> <1992Dec15.025308.22432@nuscc.nus.sg> <1gqne3INN9mb@mirror.digex.com>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2
  11.  
  12. mattm@digex.com (Matt Mosley) writes:
  13.  
  14. >>under such a system, if you have a mode "+b *!*@*" it would be the
  15. >>*only* ban there, since it would replace any other bans on the channel,
  16. >>so of course it would be the *only* one you want removed...
  17.  
  18. >Actually, this really should be done.  A "+b *!*@*" should replace all
  19. >other bans, and remove them.  Same thing with "+b *!*@my.host.edu" removing
  20. >"+b *!*@*.host.edu" ... it's called redundancy, folks.
  21.  
  22. but which is lexically greater/less than the other for this ?
  23.  
  24. avalon
  25.  
  26. say no to .. ummm...fascists!
  27.