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Written by ReBBie   
Saturday, 26 April 2008
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NickServ


NickServ allows you to "register" a nickname and prevent others from using it. If the nick is not used for 30 days, the registration will expire. The following commands allow for registration and maintenance of nicknames.

NOTICE: This service is intended to provide a way for IRC users to ensure their identity is not compromised. It is NOT intended to facilitate "stealing" of nicknames or other malicious actions. Abuse of NickServ will result in, at minimum, loss of the abused nickname(s).

Usage:
 /msg NickServ <command>
or:
 /NickServ <command>
or:
 /ns <command>


For extra assistance please visit IrCQ-Net's help channel #ophelp
/join #ophelp




HELP


 /msg NickServ HELP
Gives a list of NickServ commands.

 /msg NickServ HELP <command>
Gives more information on a specific command.




REGISTER


 /msg NickServ REGISTER <password>
Registers your nickname in the NickServ database. Once your nick is registered, you can use the SET and ACCESS commands to configure your nick's settings as you like them. Make sure you remember the password you use when registering - you'll need it to make changes to your nick later. (Note that case matters! FIDO, Fido, and fido are all different passwords!)

Guidelines on choosing passwords:

Passwords should not be easily guessable. For example, using your real name as a password is a bad idea. Using your nickname as a password is a much worse idea ;) and, in fact, NickServ will not allow it. Also, short passwords are vulnerable to trial-and-error searches, so you should choose a password at least 5 characters long.
Finally, the space character cannot be used in passwords.




IDENTIFY


 /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password>
Tells NickServ that you are really the owner of this nick. Many commands require you to authenticate yourself with this command before you use them. The password should be the same one you set with the REGISTER command




DROP


 /msg NickServ DROP
Drops your nickname from the NickServ database. A nick that has been dropped is free for anyone to re-register.

In order to use this command, you must first identify with your password (/msg NickServ HELP IDENTIFY for more information).




ACCESS


 /msg NickServ ACCESS {ADD|DEL|LIST} [mask]
Modifies or displays the access list for your nick. This is the list of addresses which will be automatically recognized by NickServ as allowed to use the nick. If you want to use the nick from a different address, you need to send an IDENTIFY command to make NickServ recognize you.

Examples:
 /msg NickServ ACCESS ADD *!achurch@*.dragonfire.net
Allows access to user achurch from any machine in the dragonfire.net domain.

 /msg NickServ ACCESS DEL *!achurch@*.dragonfire.net
Reverses the previous command.

 /msg NickServ ACCESS LIST
Displays the current access list.




SET


 /msg NickServ SET <option> [parameters]
Configures various nickname options.

Options:
KILL 
 /msg NickServ SET KILL {ON|OFF|QUICK|IMMED}
Turns the automatic kill protection option for your nick on or off. With kill protection on, if another user tries to take your nick, they will be given one minute to change to another nick, after which they will be forcibly removed from IRC by NickServ.

If you select QUICK, the user will be given only 20 seconds to change nicks instead of the usual 60. If you select IMMED, the user will be killed immediately without being warned first or given a chance to change their nick; please do not use this option unless necessary. Also, your network's administrators may have disabled this option.

LANGUAGE 
 /msg NickServ SET LANGUAGE <number>
Changes the language Services uses when sending messages to you (for example, when responding to a command you send).
<number> should be chosen from the following list of supported languages:
1) English
2) Dutch
3) German
4) Italian
5) Japanese(EUC encoding)
6) Japanese(SJIS encoding)
7) Portuguese
8) Spanish
9) Turkish

PASSWORD 
 /msg NickServ SET PASSWORD <new-password>
Changes the password used to identify you as the nick's owner.

SECURE 
 /msg NickServ SET SECURE {ON|OFF}
Turns NickServ's security features on or off for your nick. With SECURE set, you must enter your password before you will be recognized as the owner of the nick, regardless of whether your address is on the access list. However, if you are on the access list, NickServ will not auto-kill you regardless of the setting of the KILL option.

PRIVATE 
 /msg NickServ SET PRIVATE {ON|OFF}
Turns NickServ's privacy option on or off for your nick. With PRIVATE set, your nickname will not appear in nickname lists generated with NickServ's LIST command. (However, anyone who knows your nickname can still get information on it using the INFO command.)

EMAIL 
 /msg NickServ SET EMAIL <address>
Associates the given E-mail address with your nickname. This address will be displayed whenever someone requests information on your nick with the INFO command.

URL 
 /msg NickServ SET URL <url>
Associates the given URL with your nickname. This URL will be displayed whenever someone requests information on your nick with the INFO command.

HIDE 
 /msg NickServ SET HIDE {EMAIL | USERMASK | QUIT} {ON | OFF}
Allows you to prevent certain pieces of information from being displayed when someone does a NickServ INFO on your nick. You can hide your E-mail address (EMAIL), last seen user@host mask (USERMASK), and last quit message (QUIT). The second parameter specifies whether the information should be displayed (OFF) or hidden (ON).




UNSET


 /msg NickServ UNSET {URL | EMAIL}
Allows you to clear the URL or E-mail address associated with your nickname. Use the URL parameter to clear the URL, or the EMAIL parameter to clear the E-mail address. You cannot clear both at the same time.

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