The spammers were using unidentified nicks. The network has channel mode 'r', that is used for only allowing identified nicks into the channel. I'm not really

The spammers were using unidentified nicks. The network has channel mode 'r', that is used for only allowing identified nicks into the channel. I'm not really a fan of channel mode 'r' for support channels. Someone might join the channel for a simple question or two, they get the answers and never return. Having to register a nickname and check email can be a bit annoying for some people. The network also has user mode 'R' that blocks messages from unidentified users. They added a spam filter into the IRCd over a year ago. https://freenode.net/kb/answer/channelmodes https://freenode.net/kb/answer/channelmodes https://freenode.net/kb/answer/usermodes https://freenode.net/kb/answer/usermodes https://freenode.net/news/spamfilter https://freenode.net/news/spamfilter