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On 2018-08-09 09:56:47 +0200 (+0200), Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> > [...]
> > It does indeed sound like you might be caught up in the
> > aforementioned SASL-only network blacklist (I wasn't even aware of
> > it until this ML thread) which Freenode staff seem to be using to
> > help block the spam onslaught from some known parts of the Internet.
> > [...]
> 
> Yes, the Freenode blacklist blocks most cloud providers IP blocks. My own
> instance (running on an OpenStack public cloud) is also required to use
> SASL.

That's very useful detail--thanks! I simply didn't notice it because
I've been authenticating via SASL for years already on any IRC
networks which support that, but I can definitely see how that might
catch a bunch of our participants off-guard (especially given our
"cloud" focus in this community).
-- 
Jeremy Stanley
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