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NickServ allows you to “register” a nickname and prevent others from using it. The
following commands allow for registration and maintenance of nicknames; to use
them, type /msg NickServ command. For more information on a specific GEEKSHED’S
command, type /msg NickServ HELP command. RANKING
 
REGISTER

Syntax: /msg NickServ REGISTER password [email]

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
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later. (Note that case matters! ANOPE, Anope, and
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The parameter email is optional and will set the email
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on certain networks.
Your privacy is respected; this e-mail won't be given
to
any third-party person.

This command also creates a new group for your

nickname,
that will allow you to register other nicks later
sharing
the same configuration, the same set of memos and the
same channel privileges. For more information on this
feature, type /msg NickServ HELP GROUP.

GROUP

Syntax: /msg NickServ GROUP target password

This command makes your nickname join the target

nickname's
group. password is the password of the target
nickname.

Joining a group will allow you to share your

configuration,
memos, and channel privileges with all the nicknames
in the
group, and much more!

A group exists as long as it is useful. This means

that even
if a nick of the group is dropped, you won't lose the
shared things described above, as long as there is at
least one nick remaining in the group.

You can use this command even if you have not

registered
your nick yet. If your nick is already registered,
you'll
need to identify yourself before using this command.
Type
/msg NickServ HELP IDENTIFY for more information. This
last may be not possible on your IRC network.

It is recommended to use this command with a non-

registered
nick because it will be registered automatically when
using this command. You may use it with a registered
nick (to
change your group) only if your network administrators
allowed
it.

You can only be in one group at a time. Group merging

is
not possible.

Note: all the nicknames of a group have the same

password.

IDENTIFY

Syntax: /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 sent with the REGISTER
command.

LOGOUT

Syntax: /msg NickServ LOGOUT

This reverses the effect of the IDENTIFY command, i.e.

make you not recognized as the real owner of the nick
anymore. Note, however, that you won't be asked to
reidentify
yourself.

DROP

Syntax: /msg NickServ DROP [nickname]

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

You may drop a nick within your group by passing it

as the nick parameter.

In order to use this command, you must first identify

with your password (/msg NickServ HELP IDENTIFY for
more
information).

ACCESS

Syntax: /msg NickServ ACCESS ADD mask

ACCESS DEL mask
ACCESS LIST

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:

ACCESS ADD anyone@*.bepeg.com

Allows access to user anyone from any machine
in
the bepeg.com domain.

ACCESS DEL anyone@*.bepeg.com

Reverses the previous command.

ACCESS LIST
Displays the current access list.

SET

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET option parameters

Sets various nickname options. option can be one of:

DISPLAY Set the display of your group in

Services
PASSWORD Set your nickname password
LANGUAGE Set the language Services will use when
sending messages to you
URL Associate a URL with your nickname
EMAIL Associate an E-mail address with your
nickname
ICQ Associate an ICQ number with your
nickname
GREET Associate a greet message with your
nickname
KILL Turn protection on or off
SECURE Turn nickname security on or off
PRIVATE Prevent your nickname from appearing in
a
/msg NickServ LIST
HIDE Hide certain pieces of nickname
information
MSG Change the communication method of
Services
 AUTOOP Should services op you automatically.

In order to use this command, you must first identify

with your password (/msg NickServ HELP IDENTIFY for
more
information).

Type /msg NickServ HELP SET option for more

information
on a specific option.

SET DISPLAY

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET DISPLAY new-display

Changes the display used to refer to your nickname

group in
Services. The new display MUST be a nick of your
group.

SET PASSWORD

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET PASSWORD new-password

Changes the password used to identify you as the

nick's
owner.

SET LANGUAGE

Syntax: /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) Français (French)
3) Deutsch (German)
4) Italiano (Italian)
5) Português (Portuguese)
6) Español (Spanish)
7) Türkçe (Turkish)
8) Catala (Catalan)
9) ÅëëçíéêÜ (Greek)
10) Nederlands (Dutch)
11) Ðóññêèé (Russian)
12) Magyar (Hungarian)
13) Polski (Polish)
SET URL

Syntax: /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.

SET EMAIL

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET EMAIL address

Associates the given E-mail address with your

nickname.
This address will be displayed whenever someone
requests
information on the nickname with the INFO command.

SET HIDE

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET HIDE {EMAIL | STATUS |

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), your services access
status
(STATUS) and last quit message (QUIT).
The second parameter specifies whether the
information should
be displayed (OFF) or hidden (ON).

SET ICQ

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET ICQ number

Associates the given ICQ number with your

nickname. This
number will be displayed whenever someone requests
 information on your nick with the INFO command.

SET GREET

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET GREET message

Makes the given message the greet of your

nickname, that
will be displayed when joining a channel that has
GREET
option enabled, provided that you have the
necessary
access on it.

SET KILL

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET KILL {ON | QUICK |

IMMED | OFF}

Turns the automatic protection option for your

nick
on or off. With protection on, if another user
tries to take your nick, they will be given one
minute to
change to another nick, after which NickServ will
forcibly change
their nick.

If you select QUICK, the user will be given only

20 seconds
to change nicks instead of the usual 60. If you
select
IMMED, user's nick will be changed 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.

SET SECURE

Syntax: /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.

SET PRIVATE

Syntax: /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.)

SET MSG

Syntax: /msg NickServ SET MSG {ON | OFF}

Allows you to choose the way Services are

communicating with
you. With MSG set, Services will use messages,
else they'll
use notices.

UPDATE

Syntax: /msg NickServ UPDATE

Updates your current status, i.e. it checks for new
memos,
sets needed chanmodes (ModeonID) and updates your
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your userflags (lastseentime, etc).

RECOVER

Syntax: /msg NickServ RECOVER nickname [password]

Allows you to recover your nickname if someone else

has
taken it; this does the same thing that NickServ does
 automatically if someone tries to use a kill-protected
nick.

When you give this command, NickServ will bring a fake

user online with the same nickname as the user you're
trying to recover your nick from. This causes the IRC
servers to disconnect the other user. This fake user
will
remain online for NickServ to ensure that the other
user does not immediately reconnect; after that time,
you
can reclaim your nick. Alternatively, use the RELEASE
command (/msg NickServ HELP RELEASE) to get the nick
back sooner.

In order to use the RECOVER command for a nick, your

current address as shown in /WHOIS must be on that
nick's
access list, you must be identified and in the group
of
that nick, or you must supply the correct password for
the nickname.

RELEASE

Syntax: /msg NickServ RELEASE nickname [password]

Instructs NickServ to remove any hold on your nickname

caused by automatic kill protection or use of the
RECOVER
command. This holds lasts for NickServ;
this command gets rid of them sooner.

In order to use the RELEASE command for a nick, your

current address as shown in /WHOIS must be on that
nick's
access list, you must be identified and in the group
of
that nick, or you must supply the correct password for
the nickname.

GHOST

Syntax: /msg NickServ GHOST nickname [password]

Terminates a "ghost" IRC session using your nick. A

"ghost" session is one which is not actually
connected,
but which the IRC server believes is still online for
one
reason or another. Typically, this happens if your
computer crashes or your Internet or modem connection
goes down while you're on IRC.

In order to use the GHOST command for a nick, your

current address as shown in /WHOIS must be on that
nick's
access list, you must be identified and in the group
of
that nick, or you must supply the correct password for
the nickname.

INFO

Syntax: /msg NickServ INFO nickname [ALL]

 Displays information about the given nickname, such as
the nick's owner, last seen address and time, and nick
options. If you are identified for the nick you're
getting information for and ALL is specified, you will
be shown all the information; regardless of whether
it's hidden or not.

LIST

Syntax: /msg NickServ LIST pattern

Lists all registered nicknames which match the given

pattern, in nick!user@host format. Nicks with the
PRIVATE option set will not be displayed.

Examples:

LIST *[email protected]
Lists all nicks owned by [email protected].

LIST *Bot*!*@*
Lists all registered nicks with Bot in their
names (case insensitive).

LIST *!*@*.bar.org
Lists all nicks owned by users in the bar.org
domain.

ALIST

Syntax: /msg NickServ ALIST [level]

Lists all channels you have access on. Optionally, you

can specify
a level in XOP or ACCESS format. The resulting list
will only
include channels where you have the given level of
access.

Examples:
ALIST Founder
Lists all channels where you have Founder
access.

ALIST AOP
Lists all channels where you have AOP
access or greater.

ALIST 10
Lists all channels where you have level 10
access or greater.

Channels that have the NOEXPIRE option set will be

prefixed by an exclamation mark.

GLIST

Syntax: /msg NickServ GLIST

Lists all nicks in your group.

STATUS
Syntax: /msg NickServ STATUS nickname...

Returns whether the user using the given nickname is

recognized as the owner of the nickname. The response
has
this format:

nickname status-code

where nickname is the nickname sent with the command,

and
status-code is one of the following:

0 - no such user online or nickname not registered

1 - user not recognized as nickname's owner
2 - user recognized as owner via access list only
3 - user recognized as owner via password
identification

Up to sixteen nicknames may be sent with each command;

the
rest will be ignored. If no nickname is given, your
status
will be returned.

SENDPASS

Syntax: /msg NickServ SENDPASS nickname

Send the password of the given nickname to the e-mail

address
set in the nickname record. This command is really
useful
to deal with lost passwords.

May be limited to IRC operators on certain networks.

This command is unavailable because encryption is

enabled.

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