Blitzed.org - Help Department - User Services - NickServ
Below you will find the extended help file for Nickserv. The command, along with proper syntax, and a explanation are provided.
| Register | Identify | Access |
| Link | Set | Drop |
| Recover | Release | Listlinks |
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.
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.
/msg NickServ Access DEL <Mask>
/msg NickServ 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:
Allows access to user achurch from any machine in the dragonfire.net domain.
Reverses the ADD command.
Displays the current access list
Sets various nickname options. option can be one of:
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PASSWORD |
Set your nickname password |
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LANGUAGE |
Set the language Services will use when sending messages to you |
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URL |
Associate a URL with your nickname (remember: this will get you a URL redirection of the form http://www.blitzed.org/~nickname) |
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Associate an E-mail address with your nickname<-- (remember: this will get you an email forwarder of the form nickname@users.blitzed.org)--> |
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ENFORCE |
Turn nickname enforcement on or off |
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SECURE |
Turn nickname security on or off |
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PRIVATE |
Prevent your nickname from appearing in a /msg NickServ LIST |
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HIDE |
Hide certain pieces of nickname information |
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NOOP |
Prevent others from adding you to channel ACCESS lists. |
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IRCOP |
Mark a nick as an IRC operator. |
In order to use this command, you must first identify with your password.
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).
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 an enforce-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 will remain online for one minute to ensure that the other user does not immediately reconnect; after that minute, 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, or you must supply the correct password for the nickname.
Instructs NickServ to remove any hold on your nickname caused by automatic nick enforcement or use of the RECOVER command. By default, such holds last for one minute; 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, or you must supply the correct password for the nickname.
Lists nicks which are linked to your nick. If you specify nick, it must be your nickname or one currently linked to it. If ALL is specified, lists all nicks with the same privileges as the given nick; otherwise, lists only those nicks which are directly linked to the given nick.