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+#summary Impose rate-limits on a MUC
+#labels Stage-Beta
+
+= Introduction =
+
+This module allows you to control the maximum rate of 'events' in a MUC room. This makes it useful to prevent room floods (whether malicious or accidental).
+
+= Details =
+
+This module limits the following events:
+
+  * Room joins
+  * Nick changes
+  * Status changes
+  * Messages
+
+The limit is for the room as a whole, not individual occupants in the room. Users with an affiliation (members, admins and owners) are not limited.
+
+= Configuration =
+
+|| *Name* || *Default value* || *Description* ||
+|| muc_event_rate || 0.5 || The maximum number of events per second. ||
+|| muc_burst_factor || 6 || Allow temporary bursts of this multiple. ||
+
+For more understanding of how these values are used, see the algorithm section below.
+
+= Algorithm =
+
+A certain number of events are allowed per second, given by muc_event_rate. An event rate of 1 allows one event per second, and event rate of 3 allows three events per second, and 0.5 allows one event every two seconds, and so on.
+
+Obviously MUC conversations are not exactly steady streams of events. Sometimes multiple people will talk at once. This is handled by the muc_burst_factor option.
+
+A burst factor of 2 will allow 2 times as many events at once, for 2 seconds, before throttling will be triggered. A factor of 5, 5 times as many events for 5 seconds.
+
+When the limit is reached, an error response will be generated telling the user the MUC is overactive, and asking them to try again.
+
+= Compatibility =
+|| Trunk || Works ||
+|| 0.8 || Doesn't work`*` ||
+
+`*` This module can be made to work in 0.8 (and _maybe_ previous versions) of Prosody by copying the new [http://hg.prosody.im/trunk/raw-file/fc8a22936b3c/util/throttle.lua util.throttle] into your Prosody source directory (into the util/ subdirectory).
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