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  15     <B>Andrew Church</B>
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  19     <I>Wed Mar 31 20:13:50 PST 2004</I>
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  34 <PRE>&gt;<i>Also forgot to mention that on one channel the owner disabled =
  35 </I>&gt;<i>auto-oping, auto-voicing, etc.
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  37      As section 3-2 of the manual states, channel activity is determined by
  38 whether auto-op users enter the channel; while it's not stated explicitly,
  39 this means that disabling auto-op also prevents the channel's last-used
  40 time from getting updated this way.  The last-used time is also updated
  41 whenever the IDENTIFY or OP commands are used successfully; if neither of
  42 these commands are used within the expiration period, the channel will
  43 expire.  This is not a bug; I've long been aware that it's not obvious or
  44 desirable behavior, but I've not been able to come up with a better system
  45 which retains fairness (for example, a random user or spambot entering a
  46 channel with no intent to use it as the founder intended should not cause
  47 the last-used time to be updated).  Suggestions are welcome.
  48
  49      I'll update the manual for the next release to cover this issue more
  50 clearly.
  51
  52   --Andrew Church
  53     <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>
  54     <A HREF="http://achurch.org/">http://achurch.org/</A>
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