What do those quit messages mean?
Excess flood
This quit message shows that you attempted to send too much data to the IRC
server, in too short a time period, and the server thought you were attempting
to flood it. A good way to prevent this is to enable flood protection in your
IRC client. mIRC users may click File -> Options -> IRC -> Flood, and then
check Enable flood protection. The default values should be sufficient for
most users.
Max sendQ exceeded
This quit message occurs when you failed to receive the data from the server
quick enough, in other words the IRC server tried to send you too much data
and closed the connection. This is often caused if you perform a LIST of all
IRC channels on QuakeNet, or if you execute a WHO query on a large channel. If
you have a poor internet connection you may find yourself getting disconnected
with this reason.
Ping timeout
All IRC servers periodically send what is known as a PING request, to check
that the client connection is still alive. The IRC client has to respond to
this request within a certain time period, or the connection is deemed to no
longer be alive and is closed (with this quit message). If you find yourself
getting a lot of Ping timeout errors you may need to try a different
(preferably closer) QuakeNet server; see here for a complete listing of public
servers.
Connection reset by peer
This quit message is caused when the IRC client closes the connection to the
server uncleanly, and the server doesn't realise the connection has been
terminated. This leaves behind what is known as a ghost user, which gives the
appearance that the client is still connected, even though it isn't. When the
server attempts to send data to the client, it realises the connection no
longer exists and it is reset. This causes the termination of the ghost user,
with the aforementioned quit messsage.
Read error: EOF from client
This quit message is displayed when the client terminated the connection to
the IRC server prematurely, and the server expected more data. This is often
caused if the IRC client software crashes or exits suddenly, when it doesn't
have the chance to close the connection gracefully.
Write error, closing link
This quit message means that the IRC server, for some reason or another,
failed to send data to the client. Due to this the client was disconnected.
Broken pipe
This quit message is caused when there is a sudden break in the connection
between the IRC server and client. This can occur for many different reasons,
but is generally due to the volatile nature of the internet.
*.net *.split
This quit message shows that the user was on a server that split from the rest
of the IRC network, known as a net split. When the servers reconnect, the user
will rejoin all channels he/she was in and the server will also give that user
voice or operator status as necessary.
Nick collision
This quit message is caused when two or more users change to the same nickname
at the same time. Obviously only one person can have a nickname at any time,
so the server disconnects the users.
Older nick overruled
This quit message is only seen after a netsplit, when servers reconnect to
each other. If you changed nick during a netsplit, and a user on a server that
split already had the nickname, then you will be disconnected to allow the
older user to continue with that nickname.
G-lined
This quit message is displayed when a user is banned from the entire IRC
network, for various reasons. QuakeNet always sends the G-Line reason, if
you can't see it you should check your IRC client may be hiding it. The Rules
FAQ provides a section explaining the reasons for disconnection or banning
from the network.
K-lined
This quit message is displayed when a user is banned from a particular IRC
server, for various reasons. As for G-lines, QuakeNet always sends the
K-line reason. On QuakeNet, K-lines and G-lines are effectively the same
thing.
Killed (*.quakenet.org (reason))
This quit message is displayed when a user is forceably disconnected from the
IRC network. The reason is displayed in the quit message. Two of the less
obvious automatic kill messages are:
* * You are violating network rules, ID: X.
* Reserved Nickname (ID: X)
The first one is used if you flood/spam/advertise and the kill itself is caused by S. The second one is used if you change your nick to something like Q? or S_, ie. anything that resembles our service or staff names and is thus forbidden.
Other help articles under General Help
- Can I join QuakeNet staff?
- Can I register my nickname?
- Can you give me flags on #channel?
- Contact information.
- Do you support IPv6?
- How do I add/remove someone on a channel?
- How do I link a server to QuakeNet?
- How do I register my channel?
- How do I set/unset channel/user modes?
- I am banned from a channel for no reason, why?
- I'm G/K-lined, what can I do?
- I own a channel - what are my responsibilities?
- I've banned a user, but he keeps on rejoining. What to do?
- I've lost my password!
- I want a channel but there is already someone in it. What can I do?
- My channel is G-lined, what can I do?
- My #channel is suspended/G-lined!
- Nobody has ops in my channel, what can I do?
- People are flooding me, what can I do?
- People are join/part flooding my channel, help!
- Someone has taken my nick.
- Someone is abusive towards me, what should I do?
- Someone took over our channel!
- There is only Q/someone on a channel, can I have that channel?
- What are IRC Operators?
- What are the official channels?
- What channel modes are available on QuakeNet?
- What do those G-line reasons mean?
- What do those quit messages mean?
- What do those symbols before channels in a WHOIS mean?
- What is a g/k-line?
- What is a 'mask'?
- What is a QuakeNet account?
- What is IRC? What is an IRC Network?
- What services does QuakeNet have for its users?
- What user modes are available on QuakeNet?
- Why can't I remove channel mode +d?
- Why can't I see people joining my channel?
- Why do I get error 'bad username' when I try to connect to QuakeNet?
- Why do I receive "Cannot send to channel"?
- Why should I use QuakeNet?