unreal-users

[Unreal-users] How can I disable message-rate-limiting?

[Eric M. <em...@gm...>]

I'm using irc (and the unrealirc server) to do some collaboration and
I've built a bot that runs various commands and dumps some output into
a channel (10-50 lines per command generally).  The problem is that I
want the bot to be able to dump data more quickly than is occurring.

More specifically, the bot writes 20 lines without delay.  In the
channel, 5 lines appear almost instantly then the next 15 get doled
out at what appears to be 1 per second.

I realize if I write even more (e.g. 100) lines that I get an 'excess
flood' message and get kicked.  I can handle this limit.

Users are trusted on the server so I'm not really worried about
flooding (I'm ok modifying the behavior for all users and all channels
as well).

So my question is : How can I allow this 'user' to write to a channel
more quickly?

Thanks!
Eric

Re: [Unreal-users] How can I disable message-rate-limiting?

[Christian 'H. M. <ad...@in...>]

Message Rate Limiting is not limited by UnrealIRCD.

Unrealircd just limit the send and receive queue time in bytes.
See your class <name> sendq <send-queue>; recvq <recv-queue>;
block.

Mostly Bots example Eggdrop is sending limited
Message to Server to avoid Excess flood by Server.

Just look in the eggdrop.conf:
>> / ---- cut from eggdrop.conf ---- />>/
# Set here the maximum number of lines to queue to the server. If
you're />>/
# going to dump large chunks of text to people over IRC, you will
probably />>/
# want to raise this. 300 is fine for most people though. />>/
set max-queue-msg 300

-- 
kind Regards

Christian 'HERZ' Makowski
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Eric Mayers wrote:

> I'm using irc (and the unrealirc server) to do some collaboration
> and I've built a bot that runs various commands and dumps some
> output into a channel (10-50 lines per command generally). The
> problem is that I want the bot to be able to dump data more quickly
> than is occurring.

Re: [Unreal-users] How can I disable message-rate-limiting?

[tabris <ta...@ta...>]

On Thursday 14 July 2005 2:00 am, Eric Mayers wrote:
> I'm using irc (and the unrealirc server) to do some collaboration and
> I've built a bot that runs various commands and dumps some output
> into a channel (10-50 lines per command generally).  The problem is
> that I want the bot to be able to dump data more quickly than is
> occurring.
>
> More specifically, the bot writes 20 lines without delay.  In the
> channel, 5 lines appear almost instantly then the next 15 get doled
> out at what appears to be 1 per second.

	Not including your client/script limiting you (which, for example,=20
irssi does), the best method to handle this probably is to give your=20
bot a limited oper. HOWEVER, I have been told that this is a 'dumb=20
idea' as supposedly there is no such thing as a 'powerless oper' and=20
they're probably at least partly right.

	However, I have found it to be possible to make an oper that has no=20
real flags. Just GH for flags. That's get_host and can_globalnotice.=20
You may want can_setq as well, to prevent users from kicking your bot.=20
As far as I can tell, this oper does NOT allow KILL, KLINE, etc. Thus,=20
in theory, it should be safe.

	An alternative is to consider server-protocol coding and make it into a=20
services-server. But this is not a project for the faint-of-heart.

	Meanwhile, I don't believe that this will prevent excess-floods, but=20
DOES greatly up the limit on how much you can send before getting=20
killed for flooding.

	I'd only recommend this if Chris's suggestions don't work. And of=20
course, the bot would have to be owned by a staffer.
>
> I realize if I write even more (e.g. 100) lines that I get an 'excess
> flood' message and get kicked.  I can handle this limit.
>
> Users are trusted on the server so I'm not really worried about
> flooding (I'm ok modifying the behavior for all users and all
> channels as well).
>
> So my question is : How can I allow this 'user' to write to a channel
> more quickly?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
>
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