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IRC info

I'm opening this thread to post pertinent info about our IRC network, starting with aminal's post from yesterday about IRC services. (I'd prefer you start a new thread if you have an IRC-related problem for the forum.)


Nickserv

Nickserv is there to protect your nick from being used or abused by other users.
to register your nick type:
/msg nickserv register yourpass youremail

if you connect from a different host mask or IP address then nickserv will tell you to identify yourself.
/msg nickserv identify yourpass

You can protect others from using your nickname, by registering it. if someone does use your username, you can type
/msg nickserv recover yournick yourpass

this will change their name to something like Guest849032. You will then have to get nickserv to release your nickname
/msg nickserv release yournick yourpass

You can then change your nick to your proper one
/nick yournick

Nickserv also serves another purpose: it makes it possible for you to be recognized and automatically opped in other channels as well. Once you've been added to the auto-op list in a channel, as long as you have identified yourself to nickserv before you enter the channel, you will be opped.


Chanserv

Chanserv is a service dedicated to supporting your channels. it protects them from take overs, ops you when you first join etc.

On joining a channel that does not exist, or is not registered, you become the op in that room. You can now register the channel:
/msg chanserv register #yourchan yourpass yourdescription

You are now the owner of this channel, and will automagically be opped once you enter the room (you must be in the channel as an op to register it). If you want other people to also be automagically be opped on joining the room you can set up SOPs and AOPs, super-ops, and auto-ops. The SOPs are able to do more stuff than the ops, and should only be your closest friends. the aops are the people who get ops automatically on joining.

OPs are there to protect the channel - if anyone is spamming, using foul language, etc. they have a number of things they can do. Kick that user. A kick is normally a warning to start behaving. They can ban that user, and then kick them, a ban can go on for a period of time - so like sin-banning them for 30 seconds. Or they can permanantly ban them. If these measures do not work, then one of the ops on the channel will probably go to get help from one of the IRCops (operators of the whole IRC network) or SERVERops (who operate one of the servers on the network.)

I digress... chanserv is used to help your channel, op and deop the people who should and should not be moderating the channels. This is a feature that can also be done by bots. And, if necessary, mindasylum runs a botserv where you can have you own bot on the server, read the help files. /msg botserv help

There is another service - memoserv, which can be used to leave messages for your friends when they are not around. Again, read the help files. /msg memoserv help



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To access the chat using an IRC client, connect to server irc.mindasylum.net. If that doesn't work, try one of these:

24.164.184.130
208.155.64.52

until you get one which works.

irc.mindasylum.net should be a permanent fixture now.

(from Pangloss' post in another WIT thread)



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To have mIRC automatically identify you to nickserv when you start up, do the following:

From the mIRC menu bar, select "File", and the "Options", or press the second button on the toolbar.

In the window that opens, look for the word "Perform" in the left-hand list, and click on it.

In the large box on the right, type the following:
/msg nickserv identify yourpass

If you want to have mIRC automatically place you in #WotA as well, on the next line type:

/join #wota

Finally, click on the box at the top labeled "On connect, perform these commands:" so that a check mark appears in the box. Than click on OK at the bottom of the window.

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When you want to complain about anything at all, type

/msg MstrG I'm in a really fucking bad mood. What do you plan to do about it?

Sit back and watch the compassion flow...



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*** INSTRUCTIONS FOR NICKSERV and OPPING on #WOTA ***

This is a condensed version of the first post above: it defines how to use nickserv to get opped in #wota.

To register your nick type:

/msg nickserv register yourpass youremail

After doing this, contact MstrG or another IRCop/admin and let them know you've done so. They will then add you to the access list for #WotA. To get opped in future visits, you will need to use the nick you registered, and you must identify yourself to nickserv with this command before you enter the channel:

/msg nickserv identify yourpass

You can also get mIRC to do this automatically when you sign on. See the post above on this topic.



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When connecting to IRC, please use irc.mindasylum.net for the server and 6667 for the port. By doing so, it helps to maintain a balance of people on the threee servers. Also, in the case of a split, it provides the best possible distribution of users to minimize the impact.

If you encounter problems connecting, please send an email to lo-key, Pangloss, or me, providing as much info as possible.

To my knowledge, there is no issue with lag relating to people connecting from Europe, regardless of the server. If you know of one, again let us know.

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