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-.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Jan 2016" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Jan 2020" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd
.SH SYNOPSIS
configuration file.
.TP
\fBMotdPhrase\fR (string)
-A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.
+A simple Phrase (<127 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.
.TP
\fBNetwork\fR (string)
The name of the IRC network to which this server belongs. This name is
note that all servers in an IRC network MUST use the same maximum nickname
length!
.TP
+\fBMaxPenaltyTime\fR (number)
+Maximum penalty time increase in seconds, per penalty event. Set to -1 for no
+limit (the default), 0 to disable penalties altogether. ngIRCd doesn't use
+penalty increases higher than 2 seconds during normal operation, so values
+greater than 1 rarely make sense.
+.TP
\fBMaxListSize\fR (number)
Maximum number of channels returned in response to a LIST command. Default: 100.
.TP
.TP
\fBPAMServiceName\fR (string)
When PAM is enabled, this value determines the used PAM configuration.
-This setting allows to run multiple ngIRCd instances with different
+This setting allows running multiple ngIRCd instances with different
PAM configurations on each instance. If you set it to "ngircd-foo",
PAM will use /etc/pam.d/ngircd-foo instead of the default
/etc/pam.d/ngircd.
Other servers are configured in
.I [Server]
sections. If you configure a port for the connection, then this ngIRCd
-tries to connect to to the other server on the given port (active);
+tries to connect to the other server on the given port (active);
if not, it waits for the other server to connect (passive).
.PP
ngIRCd supports "server groups": You can assign an "ID" to every server