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 command, type
 /msg NickServ HELP command.
 
     REGISTER   Register a nickname
     GROUP      Join a group
     IDENTIFY   Identify yourself with your password
     ACCESS     Modify the list of authorized addresses
     SET        Set options, including kill protection
     DROP       Cancel the registration of a nickname
     RECOVER    Kill another user who has taken your nick
     RELEASE    Regain custody of your nick after RECOVER
     SENDPASS   Forgot your password? Try this
 
 Other commands: GHOST, ALIST, GLIST, INFO, LIST, LOGOUT, 
                 STATUS
 
 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).
 

 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 nick
 later.  (Note that case matters!  EPONA, Epona, and 
 epona 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.
 
 The parameter email is optional and will set the email
 for your nick immediately. However, it may be required
 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.
 

 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 priviledges 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.

 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.
 

 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.

 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).

 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.

 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
 
 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.

 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.

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

 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:
 

 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.

 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 channel with the INFO command.
 

 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.
 

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.)

 Syntax: /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).
 

 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.

 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
 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, you must be identified and in the group of
 that nick, or you must supply the correct password for
 the nickname.

 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.  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, you must be identified and in the group of
 that nick, or you must supply the correct password for
 the nickname.

 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.

 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.

 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 *!This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
         Lists all nicks owned by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 
     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.

 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.
 

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  GLIST
 
 Lists all nicks in your group.

 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.  No error message is generated if no
 nickname is given.
 

 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 when encryption is enabled.

 
 The following commands are available to Services admins:
 
     GETPASS    Retrieve the password for a nickname
                    (only if encryption is disabled)
     FORBID     Prevent a nickname from being used
 
 Services admins can also drop any nickname without needing
 to identify for the nick, and may view the access list for
 any nickname (/msg NickServ ACCESS LIST nick).

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  LOGOUT [nickname [REVALIDATE]]
 
 Without a parameter, 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.
 
 With a parameter, does the same for the given nick. If you 
 specify REVALIDATE as well, Services will ask the given nick
 to re-identify. This use limited to Services admins.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  DROP [nickname]
 
 Without a parameter, drops your nickname from the
 NickServ database.
 
 With a parameter, drops the named nick from the database.
 You may drop any nick within your group without any 
 special privileges. Dropping any nick is limited to 
 Services admins.

 
 Services admins can also set the option NOEXPIRE, with
 which nicknames can be prevented from expiring.
 Additionally, Services admins can set options for any
 nickname without entering a password, using the format
 SET nickname option parameters.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  SET [nickname] NOEXPIRE {ON | OFF}
 
 Sets whether the given nickname will expire.  Setting this
 to ON prevents the nickname from expiring.  If no
 nickname is given, sets the no-expire flag for your nick.
 
 Limited to Services admins.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  LIST pattern [FORBIDDEN] [NOEXPIRE]
 
 Lists all registered nicknames which match the given
 pattern, in nick!user@host format.  Nicks with the PRIVATE
 option set will only be displayed to Services admins.  Nicks
 with the NOEXPIRE option set will have a ! prepended to the
 nickname for Services admins.
 
 If the FORBIDDEN or NOEXPIRE options are given, only nicks
 which, respectively, are FORBIDden or have the NOEXPIRE flag
 set will be displayed.  If both options are given, both
 types of nicks will be displayed.  These options are limited
 to Services admins.
 
 Examples:
 
     LIST *!This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
         Lists all registered nicks owned by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 
     LIST *Bot*!*@*
         Lists all registered nicks with Bot in their
         names (case insensitive).
 
     LIST * NOEXPIRE
         Lists all registered nicks which have been set to
         not expire.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  ALIST [nickname] [level]
 
 With no parameters, lists channels you have access on. With
 one parameter, lists channels that nickname has access 
 on. With two parameters lists channels that nickname has 
 level access or greater on.

 This use limited to Services admins.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  GLIST [nickname]
 
 Without a parameter, lists all nicknames that are in
 your group.
 
 With a parameter, lists all nicknames that are in the
 group of the given nick.
 This use limited to Services admins.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  GETPASS nickname
 
 Returns the password for the given nickname.  Note that
 whenever this command is used, a message including the
 person who issued the command and the nickname it was used
 on will be logged and sent out as a WALLOPS/GLOBOPS.
 
 Limited to Services admins.
 
 This command is unavailable when encryption is enabled.

 Syntax: /msg NickServ  FORBID nickname [reason]
 
 Disallows a nickname from being registered or used by
 anyone.  May be cancelled by dropping the nick.
 
 On certain networks, reason is required.
 
 Limited to Services admins.