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[Finny Merrill]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Russell Garrett wrote:

> Sending a privmsg is in breach of the RFC - a msg is used when you need to
> solicit a response, wheras a notice is used for information. If people (or
> their scripts) ignore it then that's their problem. Note that sometimes
> scripts ignore notices from Global, and I think a global notice from an oper
> is usually better (on Bahamut: /notice $*.yournet.net your message). Oh, and
> don't post to this list in HTML please :).

chapter and verse of the RFC please. It only says that it's illegal to 
REPLY TO A NOTICE, not to send a privmsg.