Message Of The Day

MOTD est l'acronyme de "Message Of The Day", en français, message du jour. Il est envoyé au client lors de son identification sur des serveurs tels que les serveurs IRC, SSH ou encore FTP. Typiquement, ce message est utilisé pour afficher les règles, les contacts administratifs, ou encore un dessin ASCII Art.

Exemple avec le MOTD du serveur IRC Brown de freenode

* - brown.freenode.net Message of the Day - 
* - BROWN, DAN [1964-]. Born in New Hampshire, USA, the son of a math teacher at
* - Phillips Exeter Academy, he studied at Amherst College and later returned to
* - teach English there. His works include Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons and
* - the number one bestseller The Da Vinci Code. He is currently living in New
* - England with his wife, Blythe, an art historian and painter who helped him write
* - The Da Vinci Code.
* - 
* - Welcome to Freenode, a service of Peer-Directed Projects
* - Center (http://freenode.net/pdpc.shtml).
* - 
* - Freenode runs an open proxy scanner. Your use of the network
* - indicates your acceptance of this policy. For details on
* - freenode network policy, please take a look at our policy
* - page (http://freenode.net/policy.shtml). Thank you for using
* - the network!
* - 
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* - 
* - Freenode is a service of Peer-Directed Projects Center, an IRS
* - 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.  We've completed our
* - yearly fundraiser; but if you find the network useful, please
* - make a donation.  See http://freenode.net/pdpc_donations.shtml
* - for more information.  Thank you for using freenode!

Exemple avec le MOTD du serveur IRC euroserv de quakenet

  —› Message of the day on (euroserv.fr.quakenet.org)

- 2004-7-14 19:25
- .........................................................................
- ... ...
- ... You are connected to the QuakeNet IRC Network ...
- ... via euroserv.fr.quakenet.org. ...
- ... ...
- ... For information about this server's host please visit ...
- ... the websites below: ...
- ... http://www.euroserv.com/ ...
- ... ...
- ... For information about this network please visit ...
- ... the websites below: ...
- ... http://www.quakenet.org/ ...
- ... http://staff.quakenet.org/ ...
- ... ...
- ... This server accepts connections on the following ports: ...
- ... 6665, 6666, 6667, 6668, 6669 & 7000 ...
- ... ...
- ... By connecting to this network you give us permission to probe ...
- ... your machine for open proxies/wingates. You also agree to adhere ...
- ... by the following rules: ...
- ... ...
- ... o No flooding (including flood/clonebots). ...
- ... o No distribution of copyrighted material or pornography. ...
- ... o No multiplayer gaming cheat channels. ...
- ... o No clones. http://www.quakenet.org/faq/faq.php?c=128 ...
- ... o No channel takeovers. ...
- ... o No attempts to disrupt network services. ...
- ... o No racism and/or Nazism. ...
- ... o No spamming and/or advertising. ...
- ... o No hacking (including Virus/Trojan distribution). ...
- ... o No actions we, the operators, regard as abuse. ...
- ... ...
- ... For more details of the network's terms of service ...
- ... please visit the website below: ...
- ... http://www.quakenet.org/rules/ ...
- ... ...
- ... Violation of the network's rules will result in kills ...
- ... and possible network-wide access bans. ...
- ... ...
- ... o Server Admins: ...
- ... Flusher flusher@quakenet.org ...
- ... o Operators: ...
- ... beorn beorn@quakenet.org ...
- ... ...
- ... Many common problems are explained on the website below: ...
- ... http://www.quakenet.org/faq/ ...
- ... If you have a general enquiry not answered by this website ...
- ... please visit #help. If you *require* an IRC operator please ...
- ... visit #feds. If you have trouble getting connected we can ...
- ... be contacted via email at info@quakenet.org. ...
- ... ...
- ... The use of this server & network is a priviledge, not a right. ...
- ... The network operators may deny network access to anyone, ...
- ... for any reason, at their sole discretion. ...
- ... ...
- ... IRC is a free media, therefore the operators of this network take ...
- ... no responsibility whatsoever for the opinions expressed or ...
- ... the actions taken by users. Absolutely no warranty is either ...
- ... expressed or implied. ...
- ... ...
- .........................................................................

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