5 <helpop key="start" value="InspIRCd Help System
7 This system provides help for commands and modes.
8 Specify your question or a command name as the
9 parameter for this command.
11 /HELPOP CUSER - To see a list of user commands
12 /HELPOP COPER - To see a list of oper commands
13 /HELPOP UMODES - To see a list of user modes
14 /HELPOP CHMODES - To see a list of channel modes
15 /HELPOP SNOMASKS - To see a list of oper snotice masks
16 /HELPOP EXTBANS - To see a list of extended bans">
18 <helpop key="nohelp" value="There is no help for the topic
19 you searched for. Please try again.">
25 <helpop key="cuser" value="User Commands
28 PRIVMSG NOTICE NICK JOIN PART
29 CYCLE KNOCK MODE DEVOICE TOPIC
30 KICK FPART REMOVE TBAN INVITE
31 UNINVITE AWAY DCCALLOW SILENCE ACCEPT
34 WHOIS WHOWAS ISON USERHOST WATCH
35 LIST NAMES WHO MOTD RULES
36 ADMIN MAP LINKS LUSERS TIME
37 STATS VERSION INFO MODULES COMMANDS
40 USER PASS PING PONG QUIT
44 <helpop key="sslinfo" value="/SSLINFO [nick]
46 Displays information on the SSL connection and certificate of the
49 <helpop key="fingerprint" value="/FINGERPRINT [nick]
51 Shows the SSL fingerprint of a user. This can be used for
52 authentication by bots and scripts.">
54 <helpop key="uninvite" value="/UNINVITE [nick] [channel]
56 Uninvite a user from a channel, same syntax as INVITE.">
58 <helpop key="tban" value="/TBAN [channel] [duration] [banmask]
60 Sets a timed ban. The duration of the ban can be specified in the
61 following format: 1w2d3h4m6s which indicates a ban of one week, two
62 days, three hours, four minutes and six seconds. Alternatively the
63 ban may just be specified as a number of seconds. All timed bans
64 appear in the banlist as normal bans and may be safely removed
65 before their time is up.">
67 <helpop key="dccallow" value="/DCCALLOW [+|-] [nick] [duration]
69 Adds a nickname to or deletes a nickname from your DCCALLOW list.">
71 <helpop key="accept" value="/ACCEPT [+-*] [nick]{ [, [+-]<nick> ] }
73 Manages your accept list. This list is used to determine who can
74 private message you when you have usermode +g set. ACCEPT +nick adds
75 a nick to your accept list, ACCEPT -nick removes a nick from your
76 accept list, and ACCEPT * displays your accept list.">
78 <helpop key="cycle" value="/CYCLE [channel]
80 Cycles a channel (leaving and rejoining), overrides restrictions that
81 would stop a new user joining, such as user limits and channel keys.">
83 <helpop key="title" value="/TITLE [name] [password]
85 Authenticate for a WHOIS title line and optionally a vhost using the
86 specified username and password.">
88 <helpop key="watch" value="/WATCH [C|S|+/-[NICK]]
90 Adds or deletes a user from the watch list. C clears the list
91 and S queries the status.">
93 <helpop key="vhost" value="/VHOST [username] [password]
95 Authenticate for a vhost using the specified username and password.">
97 <helpop key="remove" value="/REMOVE [channel] [nick] {[reason]}
99 Removes a user from a channel you specify. You must be at least a
100 channel halfoperator to remove a user. A removed user will part with
101 a message stating they were removed from the channel and by whom.">
103 <helpop key="fpart" value="/FPART [nick] [channel] {[reason]}
105 This behaves identically to /REMOVE, the only difference is that that
106 [channel] and [nick] parameters are switched around to match /KICK's
107 syntax. Also, /REMOVE is a builtin mIRC command which caused trouble
108 for some users. This feature was added in the 1.1 branch.">
110 <helpop key="devoice" value="/DEVOICE [channel]
112 Devoices yourself from the specified channel.">
114 <helpop key="silence" value="/SILENCE [+/-][hostmask] [p|c|i|n|t|a|x]
116 A serverside ignore of the given n!u@h mask. The letter(s) at the end
117 specify what is to be ignored from this hostmask.
122 p Block private messages
123 c Block channel messages
125 n Block private notices
126 t Block channel notices
127 a Block all of the above
130 Multiple letters may be specified. For an exception, you msut pair x
131 with what you want excepted. For example, if you wanted to except
132 everything from people with a host matching *.foo.net, you would do
133 /SILENCE +xa *!*@*.foo.net
135 /SILENCE without a parameter will list the hostmasks that you have silenced.">
137 <helpop key="knock" value="/KNOCK [channel]
139 Sends a notice to a channel indicating you wish to join.">
141 <helpop key="user" value="/USER [ident] [local host] [remote host] :[GECOS]
143 This command is used by your client to register your
144 IRC session, providing your ident and GECOS to the
147 You should not use it during an established connection.">
149 <helpop key="nick" value="/NICK [new nick]
151 Change your nickname to [new nick].">
153 <helpop key="quit" value="/QUIT {[reason]}
155 Quit from IRC and end your current session.">
157 <helpop key="version" value="/VERSION
159 Returns the server's version information.">
161 <helpop key="ping" value="/PING [server]
163 Ping a server. Target server will answer with a PONG.">
165 <helpop key="pong" value="/PONG [server]
167 Your client should send this to answer server PINGs. You
168 should not issue this command manually.">
170 <helpop key="admin" value="/ADMIN [server]
172 Shows the administrative information for the given server.">
174 <helpop key="privmsg" value="/PRIVMSG [target] [text]
176 Sends a message to a user or channel specified in [target].">
178 <helpop key="notice" value="/NOTICE [target] [text]
180 Sends a notice to a user or channel specified in [target].">
182 <helpop key="join" value="/JOIN [channel]{,[channel]} [key]{,[key]}
184 Joins one or more channels you provide the names for.">
186 <helpop key="names" value="/NAMES [channel]{,[channel]}
188 Return a list of users on the channels you provide.">
190 <helpop key="part" value="/PART [channel]{,[channel] [reason]}
192 Leaves one or more channels you specify.">
194 <helpop key="kick" value="/KICK [channel] [nick] {[reason]}
196 Kicks a user from a channel you specify. You must be
197 At least a channel halfoperator to kick a user.">
199 <helpop key="mode" value="/MODE [target] [+|-][modes]{[+|-][modes]} {mode parameters}
201 Sets the mode for a channel or a nickname specified in [target]
202 A user may only set modes upon themselves, and may not set the
203 +o usermode, and a user may only change channel modes of
204 channels where they are at least a halfoperator.
206 For a list of all user and channel modes, enter /HELPOP UMODES or
209 <helpop key="topic" value="/TOPIC [channel] {topic}
211 Sets or retrieves the channel topic. If a channel topic is
212 given in the command and either the channel is not +t, or
213 you are at least a halfoperator, the channel topic will be
214 changed to the new one you provide.">
216 <helpop key="who" value="/WHO [ [search-pattern] [ohurmaiMplf] ]
218 Looks up the information of users matching the range you provide.
219 You may only /WHO nicknames in channels or on servers where you
220 share a common channel with them, or ones which are not +i (unless
221 you are an IRC operator). The search-pattern may be a special
222 sequence of characters determined by the flags given below, or
223 it may be one of a nickname, a channel, a hostmask, an ip address
224 mask or a server mask.
229 The following flags after the mask have the following effects:
231 o Show online IRC operators matching the mask
233 a Show all users who have an away message matching the given mask
234 i Show all users who have an ident (username) matching the given mask
235 p Show all users who are connected on the given port number
236 r Show all users whose realnames match the mask. When this
237 flag is set it overrides the meaning of the search-pattern,
238 which must contain a glob pattern intended to match GECOS
240 m Search for all users with a given set of user modes. When
241 this flag is set it overrides the meaning of the
242 search-pattern, which must contain the mode sequence to
243 search for, for example to find all users with +i and
244 without +s, issue the command WHO +i-s m.
245 t Show users connected within this number of seconds
246 M Show all users who have metadata attached to them with
249 f Show only remote (far) users
250 l Show only local users
252 h Show real hostnames rather than masked hostnames (IRC
254 u Unlimit the results past the maximum /who results value
257 You may combine multiple flags in one WHO command except where stated in the table above.">
259 <helpop key="motd" value="/MOTD [server]
261 Show the message of the day for [server]. Messages of the day often
262 contain important server rules and notices and should be read prior
265 <helpop key="rules" value="/RULES
267 Show the rules file for the local server. This is similar in effect to
268 except that these are not sent automatically on connect.">
270 <helpop key="oper" value="/OPER [login] [password]
272 Attempts to authenticate a user as an IRC operator.
274 Both successful and unsuccessful oper attempts are
275 logged, and sent to online IRC operators.">
277 <helpop key="list" value="/LIST [pattern]
279 Creates a list of all existing channels matching the glob pattern
280 [pattern], e.g. *chat* or bot*.">
282 <helpop key="lusers" value="/LUSERS
284 Shows a count of local and remote users, servers and channels.">
286 <helpop key="userhost" value="/USERHOST [nickname]
288 Returns the hostname and nickname of a user, and some other
289 miscellaneous information.">
291 <helpop key="away" value="/AWAY {message}
293 If a message is given, marks you as being away, otherwise
294 removes your away status and previous message.">
296 <helpop key="ison" value="/ISON [nick] {[nick]...}
298 Returns a subset of the nicks you give, showing only those
299 that are currently online.">
301 <helpop key="invite" value="/INVITE [nick] [channel]
303 Invites a user to a channel. If the channel is NOT +A, only
304 channel halfoperators or above can invite people. If +A is set,
305 anyone can invite people to the channel, as long as the person
306 doing the invite is a member of the channel they wish to invite
309 Invited users may override bans, +k, and similar in addition to
310 +i, depending on configuration.">
312 <helpop key="pass" value="/PASS [password]
314 This command is used by your client when setting up
315 your IRC session to submit a server password to the
318 You should not use it during an established connection.">
320 <helpop key="whowas" value="/WHOWAS [nick]
322 Returns a list of times the user was seen recently on IRC along with
323 the time they were last seen and their server.">
325 <helpop key="links" value="/LINKS
327 Shows all servers linked to this one.">
329 <helpop key="map" value="/MAP
331 Shows a graphical representation of all users and servers on the
332 network, and the links between them, as a tree from the perspective
335 <helpop key="whois" value="/WHOIS [nick] {server}
337 Returns the WHOIS information of a user, their channels, hostname,
338 etc. If a second nickname or server is provided, then a whois is
339 performed from the server where the user is actually located rather
340 than locally, showing idle and signon times.">
342 <helpop key="time" value="/TIME [servermask]
344 Returns the local time of the server, or remote time of another
347 <helpop key="info" value="/INFO
349 Returns information on the developers and supporters who made this
350 IRC server possible.">
352 #####################
354 #####################
356 <helpop key="coper" value="Oper Commands
359 OPERMOTD CHECK TAXONOMY CLONES USERIP
360 TLINE ALLTIME MODULES WALLOPS GLOBOPS
362 SETHOST SETIDENT SETNAME CHGHOST CHGIDENT
363 CHGNAME SETIDLE SWHOIS
365 SANICK NICKLOCK NICKUNLOCK
367 SAJOIN SAPART SAMODE SATOPIC SAKICK
369 KILL SAQUIT GLINE ZLINE QLINE
370 KLINE RLINE ELINE CBAN SHUN
373 CONNECT SQUIT RCONNECT RSQUIT
376 CLEARCACHE LOADMODULE UNLOADMODULE
377 RELOADMODULE GLOADMODULE GUNLOADMODULE
378 GRELOADMODULE RELOAD CLOSE
379 LOCKSERV UNLOCKSERV JUMPSERVER">
381 <helpop key="userip" value="/USERIP [nickname]
383 Returns the ip and nickname of a user.">
385 <helpop key="tline" value="/TLINE [host or ip mask]
387 This command returns the number of local and global clients matched,
388 and the percentage of clients matched, plus how they were matched
389 (by IP address or by hostname).">
391 <helpop key="taxonomy" value="/TAXONOMY [nick]
393 Lists all metadata attached to the user.">
395 <helpop key="lockserv" value="/LOCKSERV
397 Locks out all new connections notifying connecting users that the
398 service is temporarily closed and to try again later.">
400 <helpop key="unlockserv" value="/UNLOCKSERV
402 Opens the server up again for new connections.">
404 <helpop key="jumpserver" value="/JUMPSERVER {[newserver] [newport] [+/-flags] {:[reason]}}
406 Sets or cancels jumpserver mode. If no parameters are given,
407 jumpserver mode is cancelled, if it is currently set. If parameters
408 are given, a server address must be given for [newserver] and a
409 server port must be given for [newport]. Zero or more status flags
410 should be given for 'flags', from the list below (if you do not
411 wish to specify any flags just place a '+' in this field):
413 1. +a: Redirect all users immediately (except for opers) and cause
414 them to quit with the given reason
416 2. +n: Redirect any new users who connect and cause them to quit
419 You may use + and - to set or unset these flags in the command, the
420 default flags are -a+n, which will just redirect new users. The
421 reason parameter is optional, and if not provided defaults to
422 'Please use this server/port instead' (the default given in various
425 <helpop key="filter" value="/FILTER [filter-definition] {[action] [flags] {[gline-duration]} :[reason]}
427 This command will add a filter when more than one parameter is given,
428 for messages of the types specified by the flags, with the given
429 filter definition, action, gline duration (when the action is 'gline')
432 The filter will take effect when a message of any type specified by
433 the flags and matching the definition is sent to the server, and
434 perform the specified action.
440 Block Blocks message and informs +s IRCops of the blocked message
441 and all relevant info
442 Silent Blocks message, but does not notify IRCops
444 Gline Glines the user for the specified duration
449 p Block private and channel messages
450 n Block private and channel notices
451 P Block part messages
452 q Block quit messages
453 o Don't match against opers
454 * Represents all of the above flags
455 - Does nothing, a non-op for when you do not want to specify any
458 The reason for the filter will be used as the reason for the action,
459 unless the ation is 'none', and is sent to the user when their text is
460 blocked by 'block' and 'silent' actions.
462 A gline duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
463 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours, 5
464 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.
466 When only one parameter is provided (the filter pattern) the provided
467 filter will be removed. Note that if you remove a
468 configuration-defined filter, it will reappear at next rehash unless
469 it is also removed from the config file.">
471 <helpop key="clones" value="/CLONES [limit]
473 Retrieves a list of users with more clones than the specified
476 <helpop key="check" value="/CHECK [nick|ip|hostmask|channel]
478 Allows opers to look up advanced information on channels, hostmasks
479 or IP addresses, in a similar way to WHO but in more detail.">
481 <helpop key="alltime" value="/ALLTIME
483 Shows the time on all servers on the network.">
485 <helpop key="rconnect" value="/RCONNECT [source mask] [target mask]
487 The server matching [source mask] will try to connect to the first
488 server in the config file matching [target mask].">
490 <helpop key="rsquit" value="/RSQUIT {[source mask]} [target mask]
492 Causes a remote server matching [target mask] to be disconnected from
493 the network, only if connected via a server matching [source mask] if
496 <helpop key="globops" value="/GLOBOPS [message]
498 Sends a message to all users with the +g snomask.">
500 <helpop key="cban" value="/CBAN [channel] {[duration] :[reason]}
502 Sets or removes a channel ban. You must specify all three parameters
503 to add a ban, and one parameter to remove a ban (just the channel).
505 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
506 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
507 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
509 <helpop key="sajoin" value="/SAJOIN [nick] [channel]
511 Forces the user to join the channel.">
513 <helpop key="sapart" value="/SAPART [nick] [channel]
515 Forces the user to part the channel.">
517 <helpop key="samode" value="/SAMODE [target] +/-[modes] {[parameters for modes]}
519 Applies the given mode change to the channel or nick specified.">
521 <helpop key="sanick" value="/SANICK [nick] [new nick]
523 Changes the user's nick to the new nick.">
525 <helpop key="saquit" value="/SAQUIT [nick] [reason]
527 Forces user to quit with the specified reason.">
529 <helpop key="setidle" value="/SETIDLE [idle time]
531 Sets your idle time (in seconds) to the specified value.">
533 <helpop key="sethost" value="/SETHOST [host]
535 Sets your host to the specified host.">
537 <helpop key="setident" value="/SETIDENT [ident]
539 Sets your ident to the specified ident.">
541 <helpop key="setname" value="/SETNAME [name]
543 Sets your name to the specified name.">
545 <helpop key="swhois" line="/SWHOIS [nick] [swhois]
547 Sets the user's swhois field to the given swhois.">
549 <helpop key="mkpasswd" value="/MKPASSWD [hashtype] [plaintext]
551 Encodes the plaintext to a hash of the given type and displays
554 <helpop key="opermotd" value="/OPERMOTD
556 Redisplays the Oper MOTD.">
558 <helpop key="nicklock" value="/NICKLOCK [nick] [new nick]
560 Changes the user's nick to the new nick, and forces
561 it to remain as such for the remainder of the session.">
563 <helpop key="nickunlock" value="/NICKUNLOCK [nick]
565 Allows a previously locked user to change nicks again.">
567 <helpop key="chghost" value="/CHGHOST [nickname] [new hostname]
569 Changes the hostname of the user to the new hostname.">
571 <helpop key="chgname" value="/CHGNAME [nickname] [new name]
573 Changes the name of the user to the new name.">
575 <helpop key="chgident" value="/CHGIDENT [nickname] [new ident]
577 Changes the ident of the user to the new ident.">
579 <helpop key="shun" value="/SHUN [nick!user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
581 Sets or removes a shun (serverside ignore) on a host and ident mask.
582 You must specify all three parameters to add a shun, and one parameter
583 to remove a shun (just the nick!user@host section).
585 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
586 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
587 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
589 <helpop key="die" value="/DIE [password]
591 This command shuts down the local server. A single parameter is
592 required, which must match the password in the configuration for the
593 command to function.">
595 <helpop key="restart" value="/RESTART [password]
597 This command restarts down the local server. A single parameter is
598 required, which must match the password in the configuration for the
599 command to function.">
601 <helpop key="commands" value="/COMMANDS
603 Shows all currently available commands.">
605 <helpop key="kill" value="/KILL [user] [reason]
607 This command will disconnect a user from IRC with the given reason.">
609 <helpop key="rehash" value="/REHASH
611 This command will cause the server configuration file to be reread and
612 values reinitialized for all servers matchin the server mask, or the
613 local server if one is not specified.">
615 <helpop key="connect" value="/CONNECT [servermask]
617 Add a connection to the server matching the given servermask. You must
618 have configured the server for linking in your configuration file
619 before trying to link them.">
621 <helpop key="squit" value="/SQUIT [servermask]
623 Disconnects the server matching the given servermask from this server.">
625 <helpop key="modules" value="/MODULES
627 Lists currently loaded modules, their memory offsets, version numbers,
628 and flags. If you are not an operator, you will see reduced detail.">
630 <helpop key="loadmodule" value="/LOADMODULE [filename.so]
632 Loads the specified module into the local server.">
634 <helpop key="unloadmodule" value="/UNLOADMODULE [filename.so]
636 Unloads a module from the local server. The module cannot have the
637 static flag set (see the output of /MODULES).">
639 <helpop key="reloadmodule" value="/RELOADMODULE [filename.so]
641 Unloads and reloads a module on the local server. This module cannot
642 have the static flag set (see the output of /MODULES).">
644 <helpop key="loadmodule" value="/GLOADMODULE [filename.so]
646 Loads the specified module on all linked servers.">
648 <helpop key="unloadmodule" value="/GUNLOADMODULE [filename.so]
650 Unloads a module from all linked servers. The module cannot have the
651 static flag set (see the output of /MODULES).">
653 <helpop key="reloadmodule" value="/GRELOADMODULE [filename.so]
655 Unloads and reloads a module on all linked servers. This module cannot
656 have the static flag set (see the output of /MODULES).">
658 <helpop key="kline" value="/KLINE [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
660 Sets or removes a k-line (local host based ban) on a host and ident mask.
661 You must specify all three parameters to add a ban, and one parameter
662 to remove a ban (just the user@host section).
664 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
665 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
666 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
668 <helpop key="zline" value="/ZLINE [ipmask] {[duration] :[reason]}
670 Sets or removes a z-line (ip based ban) on an ip range mask.
671 You must specify all three parameters to add a ban, and one parameter
672 to remove a ban (just the ipmask).
674 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
675 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
676 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
678 <helpop key="qline" value="/QLINE [nickmask] {[duration] :[reason]}
680 Sets or removes a q-line (nick based ban) on a nick mask.
681 You must specify all three parameters to add a ban, and one parameter
682 to remove a ban (just the nickmask).
684 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
685 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
686 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
688 <helpop key="gline" value="/GLINE [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
690 Sets or removes a g-line (host based ban) on host mask.
691 You must specify all three parameters to add a ban, and one
692 parameter to remove a ban (just the user@host section).
694 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
695 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
696 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
698 <helpop key="eline" value="/ELINE [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
700 Sets or removes a e-line (local ban exception) on host mask.
701 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add an exception, and one
702 parameter to remove an exception (just the user@host section).
704 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
705 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
706 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.
708 This command has a few important limitations. Bans on *@<ip> can only
709 be negated by an eline on *@<ip>, bans on *@<host> can be negated by
710 elines on *@<ip>, or *@<host>, and bans on <ident>@* or <ident>@<host>
711 can be negated by any eline that matches.">
713 <helpop key="wallops" value="/WALLOPS [message]
715 Sends a message to all +w users.">
717 <helpop key="sakick" value="/SAKICK [#chan] [nick] [reason]
719 Kicks the given user from the specified channel.">
721 <helpop key="satopic" value="/SATOPIC [#chan] [new topic]
723 Applies the given topic to the specified channel.">
725 <helpop key="rline" value="/RLINE [regex] {[duration] :[reason]}
727 Sets or removes an r-line (regex line) on a n!u@h\\sgecos mask. You
728 must specify all three parameters to add an rline, and one parameter
729 to remove an rline (just the regex).
731 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the format
732 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
733 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
735 <helpop key="clearcache" value="/CLEARCACHE {servername}
737 This command clears the DNS cache of the specified server. If no
738 server is specified, the local server's DNS cache will be cleared.">
740 <helpop key="reload" value="/RELOAD [core command]
742 Reloads the specified core command.">
744 <helpop key="close" value="/CLOSE
746 Closes all unregistered connections to the local server.">
748 ######################
749 # User/Channel Modes #
750 ######################
752 <helpop key="umodes" value="User Modes
755 c Blocks private messages and notices from users who do
756 not share a common channel with you (requires
758 d Deaf mode. User will not recieve any messages or notices
759 from channels they are in (requires deaf module).
760 g In combination with /allow, provides for server side
761 ignore (requires callerid module).
762 h Marks as 'available for help' in WHOIS (IRCop only,
763 requires helpop module).
764 i Makes invisible to /WHO if the user using /WHO is not in
766 k Prevents the user from being kicked from channels, or
767 having op modes removed from them (services only,
768 requires servprotect module).
769 o Marks as a IRC operator.
770 s [mask] Receives server notices specified by [mask]
772 r Marks as a having a registered nickname
773 (requires services account module).
774 w Receives wallops messages.
775 x Gives a cloaked hostname (requires cloaking module).
776 B Marks as a bot (requires botmode module).
777 G Censors messages sent to the user based on filters
778 configured for the network (requires censor module).
779 H Hides an oper's oper status from WHOIS (requires
781 I Hides a user's entire channel list in WHOIS from
782 non-IRCops (requires hidechans module).
783 Q Makes an operator invisible, preventing users from
784 seeing their presence, including in channel user lists
785 (IRCop only, requires invisible module).
786 R Blocks private messages from unregistered users
787 (requires services account module).
788 S Strips mIRC colour/bold/underline codes out of private
789 messages to the user (requires stripcolor module).
790 W Receives notification when a user uses WHOIS on them
791 (IRCop only, requires showwhois module).">
793 <helpop key="chmodes" value="Channel Modes
796 v [nickname] Gives voice to [nickname], allowing them to speak
797 while the channel is +m.
798 h [nickname] Gives halfop status to [nickname] (this mode can
800 o [nickname] Gives op status to [nickname].
801 a [nickname] Gives protected status to [nickname], preventing
802 them from them from being kicked (+q only,
803 requires chanprotect module).
804 q [nickname] Gives owner status to [nickname], preventing them
805 from being kicked (Services or only, requires
808 b [hostmask] Bans [hostmask] from the channel.
809 e [hostmask] Excepts [hostmask] from bans (requires
810 banexception module).
811 I [hostmask] Excepts [hostmask] from +i, allowing matching
812 users to join while the channel is invite-only
813 (requires inviteexception module).
815 c Blocks messages containing mIRC colour codes
816 (requires blockcolor module).
817 f [*][lines]:[sec] Kicks on text flood equal to or above the
818 specified rate. With *, the user is banned
819 (requires messageflood module).
820 g [mask] Blocks messages matching the given blob mask
821 (requires chanfilter module).
822 i Makes the channel invite-only.
823 Users can only join if an operator
824 uses /INVITE to invite them.
825 j [joins]:[sec] Limits joins to the specified rate (requires
827 k [key] Set the channel key (password) to [key].
828 l [limit] Set the maximum allowed users to [limit].
829 m Enable moderation. Only users with +v, +h, or +o
831 n Blocks users who are not members of the channel
833 p Make channel private, hiding it in user's whoises
834 and replacing it with * in /LIST.
835 r Marks the channel as registered with Services
836 (requires services account module).
837 s Make channel secret, hiding it in user's whoises
839 t Prevents users without +h or +o from changing the
841 u Makes the channel an auditorium; normal users only
842 see themselves or themselves and the operators,
843 while operators see all the users (requires
845 z Blocks non-SSL clients from joining the channel.
847 A Allows anyone to invite users to the channel
848 (normally only chanops can invite, requires
850 B Blocks messages with too many capital letters,
851 as determined by the network configuration
852 (requires blockcaps module).
853 C Blocks any CTCPs to the channel (requires noctcp
855 D Delays join messages from users until they
856 message the channel (requires delayjoin module).
857 F [changes]:[sec] Blocks nick changes when they equal or exceed the
858 specified rate (requires nickflood module).
859 G Censors messages to the channel based on the
860 network configuration (requires censor module).
861 J [seconds] Prevents rejoin after kick for the specified
862 number of seconds. This prevents auto-rejoin
863 (requires kicknorejoin module).
864 K Blocks /KNOCK on the channel.
865 L [channel] If the channel reaches its limit set by +l,
866 redirect users to [channel] (requires redirect
868 M Blocks unregistered users from speaking (requires
869 services account module).
870 N Prevents users on the channel from chainging nick
871 (requires nonicks module).
872 O Channel is IRCops only (can only be set by IRCops,
873 requires operchans module).
874 P Makes the channel permanent; Bans, invites, the
875 topic, modes, and such will not be lost when it
876 empties (can only be set by IRCops, requires
877 permchannels module).
878 Q Only ulined servers and their users can kick
879 (requires nokicks module)
880 R Blocks unregistered users from joining (requires
881 services account module).
882 S Strips mIRC colour codes from messages to the
883 channel (requirs stripcolor module).
884 T Blocks /NOTICEs to the channel from users who are
885 not at least halfop (requires nonotice module).
888 NOTE: A large number of these modes are dependent upon server-side modules
889 being loaded by a server/network administrator. The actual modes available
890 on your network may be very different to this list. Please consult your
891 help channel if you have any questions.">
893 ######################
895 ######################
897 <helpop key="stats" value="/STATS [symbol]
899 Shows various server statistics. Depending on configuration, some
900 symbols may be only available to opers.
904 e Show e-lines (local ban exemptions)
905 g Show g-lines (host bans)
906 k Show k-lines (local host bans)
907 q Show q-lines (nick mask bans)
908 Z Show z-lines (ip mask bans)
914 l Show all inbound and outbound server and client connections
915 m Show command statistics, number of times commands have been used
916 o Show a list of all valid oper usernames and hostmasks
917 p Show open client ports, and the port type (ssl, plaintext, etc) plus number of users on each port
919 z Show memory usage statistics
920 I Show connect class permissions
921 L Show all client connections with information and IP address
922 P Show online opers and their idle times
923 T Show bandwidth/socket statistics
924 U Show u-lined servers
925 Y Show connection classes
927 Note that all /STATS use is broadcast to online IRC operators.">
929 ######################
931 ######################
933 <helpop key="snomasks" value="Server Notice Masks
935 a Allows receipt of local announcement messages.
936 A Allows receipt of remote announcement messages.
937 c Allows receipt of local connect messages.
938 C Allows receipt of remote connect messages.
939 d Allows receipt of general (and sometimes random) debug
941 f Allows receipt of flooding notices.
942 g Allows receipt of globops (requires globops module).
943 G Allows receipt of notices of use of oper-override (requires
945 j Allows receipt of channel creation notices (requires
947 J Allows receipt of remote channel creation notices (requires
949 k Allows receipt of local kill messages.
950 K Allows receipt of remote kill messages.
951 l Allows receipt of local linking related
953 L Allows receipt of remote linking related
955 n See local nickname changes (requires seenicks module).
956 N See remote nickname changes (requires seenicks modules).
957 o Allows receipt of oper-up, oper-down, and oper-failure
959 O Allows receipt of remote oper-up, oper-down, and oper-failure
961 q Allows receipt of local quit messages.
962 Q Allows receipt of remote quit messages.
963 t Allows receipt of attempts to use /STATS (local and remote).
964 x Allows receipt of Xline notice (g/z/q/k/e).">
966 ######################
968 ######################
970 <helpop key="extbans" value="Extended Bans
973 c:n!u@h Blocks any messages that contain colour codes from
974 matching users (requires blockcolor module).
975 j:#channel Prevents anyone in #channel from joining the channel
976 (requires channelban module).
977 m:n!u@h Blocks messages from matching users (requires muteban
979 p:n!u@h Blocks part messages from matching users (requires
981 r:realname Prevents users with a matching realname from joining
982 the channel (requires gecosban module).
983 s:server Prevents users on a matching server from joining the
984 channel (requires services account).
986 A:n!u@h Blocks invites by matching users even when +A is set
987 (requires allowinvite module).
988 B:n!u@h Blocks all capital or nearly all capital messages from
989 matching users (requires blockcaps module).
990 C:n!u@h Blocks CTCPs from matching users (requires noctcp
992 M:account Blocks messages from users logged into a matching
993 account (requires services account module).
994 N:n!u@h Blocks nick changes from matching users (requires
996 O:opertype Prevents IRCops of the specified opertype from joining
997 the channel, mostly useful as an invite exception (IRCop
998 only, requires operchans module).
999 Q:n!u@h Blocks kicks by matching users (requires nokicks
1001 R:account Prevents users logged into a matching account from
1002 joining the channel (requires services account module).
1003 S:n!u@h Strips color/bold/underline from messages from matching
1004 users (requires stripcolor module).
1005 T:n!u@h Blocks notices from matching users (requires nonotice
1008 Redirect n!u@h#channel will redirect the banned user to #channel
1009 when they try to join (requires banredirect module).
1011 All extbans that prevent users from joining may by used for ban
1012 exceptions and invite exceptions (invex), and extbans blocking
1013 specific actions may be used for ban exceptions to exempt people from
1014 either wider extbans or the restrictive mode matching the extban,