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layout: post
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comments: true
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title: "Using umode +g / blocking unauthorized PMs"
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category: [english]
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tags: [english, irc]
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redirect_from: /english/2015/04/02/umodeg.html
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---
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Since the [Limnoria episode]({% post_url blog/2015-03-25-leaving-bots-life %})
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I have been blocking PMs from everyone, because multiple people thought
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that as I am not part of any those communities anymore, the best way to get
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support is PMing me which is wrong.
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I get tired with telling people to go to proper channels, so I told my
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ZNC to set umode +g automatically at freenode which accidentally went
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to all networks (as I didn't have network level \*perform loaded), but I
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am happy this way.
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* I don't receive any unwanted PMs, so PM [harassment] has dropped.
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* People learn basic politeness by having to ask before PMing.
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[harassment]:https://github.com/Mikaela/freenode-harassment
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So what if someone wants to PM me and does that without asking?
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The sender sees the following:
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```
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Mikaela :is in +g mode (server-side ignore.)
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Mikaela :has been informed that you messaged them.
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```
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And I see the following:
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```
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Michaela ~Mikaela@PirateParty/FI/Member :is messaging you, and you have umode +g.
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```
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All messages appear in server buffer and then I have some options:
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* If I know Michaela and I trust that she has some good reason to PM me,
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I can `/accept Michaela` and ask her to send the message again.
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* I know Michaela, because Michaela is my altnick on many networks and
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and this example comes from [PirateIRC] which is first network that
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was open and that doesn't freeze [HexChat] when attaching to ZNC.
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* If I have no idea who is Michaela, I can whois her to see if we share
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any common channels and ask on those what she wanted to talk in PM
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and if I see reason for it, I `/accept Michaela`.
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* If I know that Michaela is some horrible person on channel, I can ignore
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the notification on PM attempt as she is not going to say anything nice
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or that is worth hearing, very likely harassment...
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[PirateIRC]:https://pirateirc.net/
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[HexChat]:https://hexchat.github.io/
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If I had done `/accept Michaela`, she would be able to PM me until
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* I removed the authorization using `/accept -Mikaela`
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* I or Michaela disconnected
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* Michaela changed her nick
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I can also check which people are allowed to PM me using `/accept *`. PMing
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someone automatically adds them to `/accept` on <s>modern</s> some IRCds if
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you are on umode +g.
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*[For (un)setting umodes, see this post.]({% post_url blog/2015-06-03-setting-umodes %})*
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