--- /dev/null
+# vim:ft=perl:et:sw=2:ts=2:
+use strict;
+use Irssi;
+
+our $VERSION = '0.02';
+our %IRSSI = (
+ authors => q{Magnus Woldrich},
+ contact => q{m@japh.se},
+ name => q{ignore_join_blob},
+ description => q{Ignore the blob of text displayed when (re)joining a channel},
+ license => q{MIT},
+);
+
+## ignores this:
+# > Topic for #ubuntu: hi
+# > Topic set by DalekSec
+# > Home page for #ubuntu: https://www.ubuntu.com
+# > Channel #ubuntu created Sun Nov 26 07:42:41 2006
+#
+# These lines have the CRAP MSGLEVEL (because they are crap) but they don't
+# respond to an /ignore * CRAP:
+# https://github.com/irssi/irssi/issues/992
+# https://github.com/trapd00r/irssi/commit/87f38a20beda81e409a72efd323f5db45d824927
+
+sub sig_print_text {
+ my ($dest, $string, $stripped) = @_;
+
+ if($dest->{level} & MSGLEVEL_CRAP) {
+ if($stripped =~ m/Topic (for|set)|Channel [#]\S+ created|Home page for [#]\S+/) {
+ Irssi::signal_stop();
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+Irssi::signal_add_first('print text', \&sig_print_text);