Did you actually go to the URL in the message? Did you scan your machine?

EDIT: If you have a dynamic IP, turn your modem off and on.

If only...

[Sun Apr 1 00:21:52 2007:SERVER NOTICE] Notice -- Server LosAngeles.CA.US.Undernet.org being introduced by ircd.he.net

That's right! You may have heard the rumors, or some of the admins grumbling about this, and the threat of some servers splitting. In the end, it was agreed upon by both networks. Undernet, the original offshoot of EFnet back in 1994, has once again agreed to to become part of EFnet, or, as we are t...

Two things possible here:

1) There's a bot running on your machine. You should run a virus scan and something like spybot.

2) Your client itself was hacked.

Did you go to the URL?

Hi all! I'm writer from Ukraine, writing book about Madonna's life. What do you know about Madonna? Please, tell me. Thanks! WBR, Svetlana Shmidt Yes, because an IRC forum is a place for this... She's an alien from the planet Xebar. She's trying to take over the Earth! Seriously, stupidest spam eve...

Your computer is listed on a list of open proxies. You should first check your system, and then, if you don't have an open proxy, try to get your IP address off the list.

Did you... go to the website in the message?

*waits for Hardy to fix his math*

Also, is anyone going to bother telling the mailing list?

His client got logged out, and it was trying to rejoin too many channels at once. Considering that most servers raised their Max SendQs a while ago, he must have been trying a LOT of channels.

No way to ban him? You can always /ignore *@* crap.

[*] How long you have been on EFnet Since January 27, 1992. I have no idea why I know this date; I figured it out once long ago. Yay for 15 years. [*] Why you are still on EFnet (or why did you leave) Still? I'm actually rarely active on IRC now (although I'm on all the time after work), and mostly ...

Sounds like something on your end if none are working.

Definite spam. The spam post I just deleted came from the same IP.

Locked.

I was wondering the same thing. There was no link, so I let it go.

A Take-over is when someone else who did not start that channel gets total control without the people that started it allowing them. We never wanted you guys to have total control. I don't even know how you got ops. Bzz. Sorry, that answer is incorrect. You gave ops out. That's not a takeover. That...