I got an eggdrop (1.6.12) running on QuakeNet. The Network does support up to 30 bans per channel. But still the Bot will never ban more than 5 masks. I also set the max-bans in the eggdrop.conf to 30. The bot still won't ban anymore.
My other problem is that the .set command won't work. If i use .set max-bans in DCC the bot won't recognize the command.
Btw, anyone knows what net-type quakenet really is? Is it 1 or 5?
I have my eggs on Quakenet and they are set to 'net type 5'.
I can't offer a direct solution to your ban problem, but maybe trying this might help locate the problem. Kill the bot, then goto your eggdrop folder, and delete or rename the *.chan file and the *.bak file for the same. Now you can edit the eggdrop.conf file, knowing that it is only settings within that file which are going to effect the behavior of your bot on IRC, and not the chan settings files. Once the bot is started, new *.chan files will be created.
No real help... but this is the first thing I do when I cant locate a problem.