Banned from Freenode!

You are banned from this server- Your irc client seems broken and is flooding lots of channels. Banned for 240 min, if in error, please contact kline@freenode.net. (2018/8/13 09.20)
* Closing Link: 72.173.205.226 (*** Banned )
* Disconnected (Remote host closed socket)

Anyone know what happened last night, I've tried 3 different IRC clients and I get various messages about how I"m banned.

JT

Very strange. Did the problem go away again?

Did you try the web client? webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23linuxcnc

Yes, I had to close down all three HexChat windows as they were trying to log in over and over due to an internet glitch or something. I guess that was part of the ongoing war with freenode and spammers.

JT