Sig Length, CGI:IRC and Navigation Bar

Duff

Three things.

1) See Q's post about signature lengths.

2) I've put up CGI:IRC on WinWorld to access our IRC channel (irc.efnet.info, #winboards).

3) The WinWorld navigation bar has been reduced in size.

alexzarach

Have I been banned from irc? It says I have. Why?

TRAiNER4

*** Welcome to CGI:IRC 0.5.9 (2006/06/06)
*** Looking up irc.efnet.info
*** Connecting to irc.efnet.info [130.243.52.250] port 6667
-69.249.9.129- *** Processing connection to irc.du.se
-69.249.9.129- *** Looking up your hostname...
-69.249.9.129- *** Checking Ident
-69.249.9.129- *** Found your hostname
-69.249.9.129- *** Got Ident response
*** Closing Link 127.0.0.1 (You are not authorised to use this server)
*** Disconnected from IRC (click to reconnect)

Jordan... set it for irc.servercentral.net...

FedeArg

Hello someone can say to me: WHY I WAS BANNED FROM CGI:IRC??? here are the texts of the program shows to me:

[19:26] *** Welcome to CGI:IRC 0.5.9 (2006/06/06)

[19:26] *** Looking up irc.efnet.info

[19:26] *** Connecting to irc.efnet.info [192.116.231.44] port 6667

[19:26] -irc.inter.net.il- *** Looking up your hostname...

[19:26] -irc.inter.net.il- *** Checking Ident

[19:26] -irc.inter.net.il- *** Found your hostname

[19:26] -irc.inter.net.il- *** Got Ident response

[19:26] *** Closing Link plenty.dreamhost.com (Banned)

[19:26] *** Disconnected from IRC (click to reconnect)

WHY???? Someone told me there are one "BOT" that is failing and randomly BAN users.....

Q

I think it's his webpages IRC applet that was banned, not you.

-Q

FedeArg

but if this is the problem, what I can

Q

It's not you, I think it's that anyone who uses that Duff's installation looks like the same person to the server.

-Q

FedeArg

this can be because my Windows is a pirate copy?

and Q, I want announce a problem with the forum when I use FireFox 2.0 in Win98 S.E : when I want to edit an reply that I have posted, it says to me that I am not logged in... so i can

Q

FV: It's NOTHING to do with MS, its the IRC server and possibly your IP or the servers.

I noticed your logged out problem. I'll try and merge your posts if I can.

-Q

FedeArg

so, i think that "Duff" have the same ip as me... and he

Q

Nonon, I didn't mean you and duff, I meant the server that runs the script. THAT (I'm guessing) is what the IRC server sees, so I would look the same as you or him on it.

-Q

BOD

I think the server has detected that it's a cgi:irc and banned it because of that.

512dev

Set it to irc.choopa.net, that efnet server seem to allow CGIs

-512

BOD

Choopa is a heap of shit.