NickServ Command's.
NickServ is used on Altnet to keep track of all
the Nicks (nick names) in use at any time.
It does not let two people use the same Nick at anyone time, although,
two people can use the same Nick, they must not be on any
of the Altnet server's at the same time. Confused?, well you can Register
Nicks the same as Channels and have Nick Kill set on, this means that
if some one tries to use your Nick they are not allowed to and they get
their Nick changed to one like Guest-12345 and they stay that way
untill they change to another that is not Registered. You Do not
have to Register a Nick if you do not want to.
Most of the actions you can do with Nickserv require you Identify to Nickserv before it will allow you alter the settings.
Some handy NickServ commands :-
/NICK Nick-Name
ie. /nick Johndory
Change's your Nick to what ever you put.
/MSG NICKSERV INFO nick
ie. /msg nickserv info Johndory
This will either bring the return of "Nick not Registered" or it will give
you infomation about the person who own's the Nick.
This command can be used when you are looking for a Nick to
Register yourself as yours.
/MSG NICKSERV REGISTER password email address
ie. /msg nickserv register uncletom cobley@the.net
This Register's the Nick you are using at the moment to you with
thePassword you put in, Please write it down you may need it again in
the future, the email address must be real.
The email address is used for security purposes and you will receive a email with a Authentication number which then must be sent to Nickserv
ie. /msg nickserv auth 123456789
If a owner of a Nick does NOT IDENTIFY to Nickserv with in 21 day's it automatically
becomes Un-Registered
/MSG NICKSERV IDENTIFY password
ie. /msg nickserv identify uncletom
This Identifies you as the owner of the Nick your using on the
channel or server your on.
/MSG NICKSERV GHOST password
ie. /msg nickserv ghost Johndory uncletom
If for some reason you fall off the Server, when you rejoin the
server NickServ will some time's say "This Nick is already
in use." if this happen's you use the Ghost command to kill
off your own Nick. NickServ will then tell you that "Nick has
been killed, Ghost command used by Nick." You can then change to the
Nick of your choice using the /NICK command.
/MSG NICKSERV RECOVER nick password
ie. /msg nickserv recover Johndory uncletom
This allow's you to Recover your Nick if some one else is using it.
For this command to work you must have Registered your Nick and your hostmask must match that in your Nicks Access list.
When used Nickserv takes control of the Nick for 1 minute, you are then free to use it.
/MSG NICKSERV SET KILL ON / OFF
With this set ON other users will not be able to use your registered Nick at all.
/MSG NICKSERV SET ICQ NUMBER
This together with your ICQ number will let people who do a /msg nickserv info to see your ICQ number with the other information.
/MSG NICKSERV HELP
This is used to get Help on any of the topic's / command's available with
NickServ.
There are several other commands available. These are explained
with in the NickServ Help reply.
