From 7ae22dc848a3dc4988daa67fc1cd095dc5511c49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Lu Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 10:44:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] faq: add a note regarding #497 (bans and modes blocking clientbot from relaying) This will be fixed more completely in the future. Thanks to @Ryan-Goldstein for reporting! --- docs/faq.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 1218a50..25e404d 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ However, if the nick mentioned is legal on IRC, this issue is likely caused by a Load the `relay_clientbot` plugin. https://github.com/GLolol/PyLink/blob/e1fab8c/example-conf.yml#L303-L306 +Also, make sure that nothing is blocking the Clientbot from actually sending text, such as blockcolor/regmoderated modes or bans. Temporarily setting the PyLink log level to DEBUG can assist in debugging. + +Future PyLink versions will have better handling for these errors; see https://github.com/GLolol/PyLink/issues/497. + ### Relay is occasionally dropping users from channels! This usually indicates a serious bug in either Relay or PyLink's protocol modules, and should be reported as an issue. When asking for help, please state which IRCds your PyLink instance is linking to: specifically, which IRCd the missing users are *from* and which IRCd the users are missing *on*. Also, be prepared to send debug logs as you reproduce the issue!