strange irc goings-on

**Raccoon** · 16-02-2008

I got disconnected from irc and subsequent attempts to reconnect via ADISC toolbar link kept getting:

[23:28] Connecting...
[23:28] Logging in...
[23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- *** Looking up your hostname...
[23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- *** Checking Ident
[23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- *** Found your hostname
[23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- *** No Ident response
[23:29] Not connected
[23:29] You match the signature of a known spambot so this is a just a probe to check you aren't. If you're a real human, please ignore this!
[23:29] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- If you are having difficulty connecting, try typing /QUOTE PONG 2125740449
[23:29] Error : Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 (Ping timeout)
[23:29] Disconnected from irc.blitzed.org

I am going to set up mirc and try again... but in case this is anything you should know about ie the problem is to do with the link on the forum rather than one to do with me/my isp/etc here is my latest log. When I was originally disc from irc there was no more information given in the disconnect message. I copied this to flash & Fullmetal had not seen anything like it either.

**Moo** · 16-02-2008

Can I move this to administrative stuff, to see if anyone else is getting this error?

**Raccoon** · 16-02-2008

Sure; there's nothing revealed there I should worry about. I noticed there was not a flood of irc-ers going into flash to say they were disc from irc. Also, I noticed there were a couple of giant netsplits I was not part of so I guess they were going through a different server than me and this may have something to do with it. One new member is from Alberta; he may or may not also have had the problem

**Moo** · 16-02-2008

Moved to administrative stuff. Please post if you are having the same issue.

Darkfinn · 16-02-2008

well... it might be that someone using your ISP is a known IRC spammer. It's happened to me in the past. They blocked my entire ISP from conntecting for something like a month. I complained a lot... but noone seemed to care.

**Raccoon** · 16-02-2008

My isp is a very big cable provider... I may have to call them...

alexrian · 16-02-2008

Follow the directions the IRC server gives you

[23:29] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- If you are having difficulty connecting, try typing /QUOTE PONG 2125740449

**Raccoon** · 16-02-2008

I just signed on without a problem; the issue seems to have cleared itself up.

~~DarkSunDS~~ · 17-02-2008

It happened to me once because I wanted to check if the thingie to register a nick worked by typing a fake email/password and a random complicated nick, and it just kicked me out. I just didn't know how IRC worked... ^^;;

16-02-2008	#1 (permalink)
Raccoon Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Alberta, Great White North Posts: 775 Threads: 34	strange irc goings-on I got disconnected from irc and subsequent attempts to reconnect via ADISC toolbar link kept getting: [23:28] Connecting... [23:28] Logging in... [23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- * Looking up your hostname... [23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- * Checking Ident [23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- * Found your hostname [23:28] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- * No Ident response [23:29] Not connected [23:29] You match the signature of a known spambot so this is a just a probe to check you aren't. If you're a real human, please ignore this! [23:29] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- If you are having difficulty connecting, try typing /QUOTE PONG 2125740449 [23:29] Error : Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 (Ping timeout) [23:29] Disconnected from irc.blitzed.org I am going to set up mirc and try again... but in case this is anything you should know about ie the problem is to do with the link on the forum rather than one to do with me/my isp/etc here is my latest log. When I was originally disc from irc there was no more information given in the disconnect message. I copied this to flash & Fullmetal had not seen anything like it either.

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16-02-2008	#2 (permalink)
Moo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York Posts: 858 Threads: 84 Wiki Edits: 55	Can I move this to administrative stuff, to see if anyone else is getting this error?

16-02-2008	#3 (permalink)
Raccoon Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Alberta, Great White North Posts: 775 Threads: 34	Sure; there's nothing revealed there I should worry about. I noticed there was not a flood of irc-ers going into flash to say they were disc from irc. Also, I noticed there were a couple of giant netsplits I was not part of so I guess they were going through a different server than me and this may have something to do with it. One new member is from Alberta; he may or may not also have had the problem

16-02-2008	#4 (permalink)
Moo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York Posts: 858 Threads: 84 Wiki Edits: 55	Moved to administrative stuff. Please post if you are having the same issue.

16-02-2008	#5 (permalink)
Darkfinn Lurker Historical Donor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 24 Posts: 2,720 Threads: 68 Gallery Uploads: 16 Wiki Edits: 4 Blog Entries: 17	well... it might be that someone using your ISP is a known IRC spammer. It's happened to me in the past. They blocked my entire ISP from conntecting for something like a month. I complained a lot... but noone seemed to care.

16-02-2008	#6 (permalink)
Raccoon Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Alberta, Great White North Posts: 775 Threads: 34	My isp is a very big cable provider... I may have to call them...

16-02-2008	#7 (permalink)
alexrian Lurker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pasadena, Texas, USA Age: 21 Posts: 77 Threads: 3 Reputation: 3	Follow the directions the IRC server gives you [23:29] -sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org- If you are having difficulty connecting, try typing /QUOTE PONG 2125740449

16-02-2008	#8 (permalink)
Raccoon Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Alberta, Great White North Posts: 775 Threads: 34	I just signed on without a problem; the issue seems to have cleared itself up.

17-02-2008	#9 (permalink)
~~DarkSunDS~~ Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,881 Threads: 50 Wiki Edits: 60 Blog Entries: 1	It happened to me once because I wanted to check if the thingie to register a nick worked by typing a fake email/password and a random complicated nick, and it just kicked me out. I just didn't know how IRC worked... ^^;;