| 08 December 2009
Freenode appear to be having some really large problems at the moment we have been watching the servers split pretty much constant throughout the day with no let up, aside from that issue it appears that someone has taken the time to put a large and annoying bunch of DCC spam bots on freenode to try infect, annoy and just disgruntle Freenode users.
JonathanD has already taken steps to reassure users that the staff are working on the issue as well as providing some advice to users on how they can tackle the DCC spam, a quote from his blog post his below:
We are aware of the recent DCC spam attempts, and we are working on this issue. In the meantime, please do not paste the full DCC text you recieve in #freenode (or any other channel) as in many cases it can cause you to appear as a problem yourself.
Instead, feel free to report it by first verifying (using the /whois command) that the sender is still online, and then reporting the sender in #freenode. Please be aware that #freenode is a general help channel and we need to keep it clear of general chatter in order to support the many users of freenode. If you wish to discuss anything other than an immediate support request, please find a more appropriate channel for the topic.
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