NickServ

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NickServ

NickServ allows you to register a chosen nickname (hereafter 'nick'). By registering your nick, you can become a member in good standing in a channel (ChanServ managed auto-voice and/or auto-ops require that you be registered with NickServ), send and receive memos with MemoServ, or create your own channel with ChanServ. Other settings also include preventing other users from using your nick while you are away.

At any time, you can type /msg nickserv help for a review of the features available.

The following basic commands are available:

register - Register nick.
unregister - Unregister nick.
add - Add another host mask to nickname.
del - Remove a host mask from nickname.
identify - Identify yourself temporarily.
info - Get Info on given nick.
recover - Stop someone from using your registered nick.
ghost - Terminate a ghosted nickname.-
set - To set various channel options. (email, identify, password, url)
set password - To set the password
set identify - Set identify type on nick, KILL on/off.
set url - To set url
set email - To set email

Register Will register your current nick with your current hostmask. Nicks will be auto-unregistered in 30 days of non-use.

syntax: /msg NickServ register [password]
ex: /msg NickServ register mypassword

Use a password between 6-10 characters and A-Z upper/lower, 0-9. Do NOT give the password out to anyone else. This password is used to control your nick, including unregistration.

Unregister Will unregister your current nick.

syntax: /msg NickServ unregister
ex: /msg NickServ unregister

Add Will add another hostmask to your nick.

syntax: /msg NickServ add
ex: /msg NickServ add
syntax: /msg NickServ add [user@host]
ex: /msg NickServ add *john@host.domain.com

Use the second syntax if you want an exact match to your irc mask. "*" is a permissable regular expression.

example: *john@sjx*ix.netcom.com

note: for 99 percent of users, normal add is fine, it's those that want more 'exact' matching that would want to use the second method.

del Remove a host from nickname

syntax: /msg NickServ del
ex: /msg NickServ del
syntax: /msg NickServ del [user@host]
ex: /msg NickServ del *user@host.name.com

Identify If your hostmask is not matching current hosts on your nick's

syntax: /msg NickServ identify [password]
ex: /msg NickServ identify mypassword

Info Get information on a given nick

syntax: /msg NickServ info [nick]
ex: /msg NickServ info John

Recover Owner of nick may KILL the current nick if it has not been authenticated via hostname or password with NickServ.

syntax: /msg NickServ recover [nick] [password]
ex: /msg NickServ recover JoeBib password

Ghost Terminate a ghosted nickname. Owner of nick may KILL their own nick that is still in use because of the owner being knocked offline and the nick still being online.

syntax: /msg NickServ ghost [nick] [password]
ex: /msg NickServ ghost JoeBib password

Set Password Can change your password to a new one.

syntax: /msg NickServ set password [newpassword]
ex: /msg NickServ set password mynewpassword

Set Identify This will set or unset the forced nick identify status. This means that if a nick is not ident'ed it will have it's nick changed if not identified by password through identify. on: Will kill hosts that use your nick. off: Will warn hosts that use your nick.

syntax: /msg NickServ set identify [on/off]
ex: /msg NickServ set identify on

Note: In the future the underlying feature will be to force a nickname change, not kill.

Set Url Can change your url to a new one.