IRC Guide

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Register yourself

Choose a nick

/nick <newnick>

Register the nick

/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <youremail@example.com>

Force login for your nick (to prevent potential abuse by others)

/msg NickServ SET ENFORCE ON

Login with your nick (or restart your IRC client)

/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <nick> <password>

Register a channel

Create/join a channel

/join #channelname

Register the channel

/msg ChanServ REGISTER #channelname

Register as founder of the channel

/msg ChanServ SET #channelname FOUNDER <yournick>

Set ChanServ to guard the channel (so it never becomes empty and loses its settings)

/msg ChanServ SET #channelname GUARD ON

Lock down the channel

/msg Chanserv SET #channelname MLOCK +prsi

• p (paranoid): don't show channel membership and don't allow people to request invites
• r (block unidentified): only registered users can join
• s (secret): don't show the channel in the channel lists
• i (invite-only): only invited users can join

Set a channel topic

/topic #channelname This is the new topic

Invite users

Invite users (who have registered nicks)

/mode #channelname +I $a:<nickofperson>

Give someone "ops" (admin privileges)

/msg ChanServ flags #channelname <nickofperson> +voAti

• v (voice): Enables use of the voice/devoice commands, allowing the user to send messages in a moderated channel.
• o (op): Enables use of the op/deop commands.
• A (access list): Enables viewing of channel access lists.
• t (topic): Enables use of the topic and topicappend commands.
• i (invite): Enables use of the invite and getkey commands.