When I type /list in IRSSI, it says:
Irssi: Doing this is not a good idea. Add -YES option to command if you really mean it
Why is it not a good idea?
IRSSI /list Considered Harmful
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When I type /list in IRSSI, it says:
Irssi: Doing this is not a good idea. Add -YES option to command if you really mean it
Why is it not a good idea?
Best Answer
On big networks the
LISTcommand can cause large amounts of data to be dumped to the user (as of writing this post: ~820 kB on DALnet, ~1.7 MB on Freenode). In the old days, when 33 kbps dial-up was considered fast, this could cause the user to be disconnected from IRC, probably due to output buffer overflow ("SendQ exceeded") or simply not replying toPINGs in time ("Ping timeout").FWIW, I have never had such problems even when using 256 kbps DSL, so the warning could be considered obsolete.