if ( $in =~ /(^|\s)(is|are)(\s|$)/i ) {
my ( $lhs, $mhs, $rhs ) = ( $`, $&, $' );
+ # Quit if they are over the limits. Check done here since Core.pl calls
+ # this mid sub and Question.pl needs its own check as well. NOTE: $in is
+ # used in this place since lhs and rhs are really undefined for unwanted
+ # teaching. Mainly, the "is" could be anywhere within a 510 byte or so
+ # block of text, so the total size was choosen since the sole purpose of
+ # this logic is to not hammer the db with pointless factoids that were
+ # only meant to be general conversation.
+ return ''
+ if (
+ length $in <
+ &::getChanConfDefault( 'minVolunteerLength', 2, $chan ) or
+ $param{'addressing'} =~ m/require/i ) and not $addressed;
+ return ''
+ if (
+ length $in >
+ &::getChanConfDefault( 'maxVolunteerLength', 512, $chan ) or
+ $param{'addressing'} =~ m/require/i ) and not $addressed;
+
# allows factoid arguments to be updated. -lear.
$lhs =~ s/^(cmd: )?(.*)/$1||'' . lc $2/e;