IRC User Guide
Never used IRC before? This guide will get you up to speed and provide a quick reference guide for you!
Beginer commands
- Changing your nickname is done with:
~*/nick name
Joining a room is:
/join #room
Leaving a room is:
/part #room
Sending someone a private message is:
/query user message
Show channel list:
/list What different symbols mean
+ - User has voice in a room.
Strictly symbolic.
@ - User has operator status in the room.
User can kick, ban/unban, quiet/unquiet for that room only.
Misc. Commands.
/me does something
/whois nickname
/away away-message-here
/quit [optional farewell message]
NickServ commands
/msg nickserv register password email
Registers your current nickname so nobody else can use it.
Once registerred, you will need to identify to your nickname whenever you log on. (Explained below)
Registerring will automatically provide you with a hostmask matching tripsit/user/Username
This is shown instead of your scrambled host.
/msg nickserv identify {username} password
Allows you to sign in to your nickserv registerred account. (Explained above)
username is optional, can be used to identify to your nickname while using a different nick.
/msg nickserv ghost username password
Allows you to remotely disconnect anybody currently using your nickserv registerred nickname.
Useful when your connection drops and you don't want to wait for the ping timeout.