View file File name : newuser Content :! $eterna: newuser,v 1.7 2018/06/10 02:25:30 mrg Exp $ ! ! Copyright (c) 1990-2018 Michael Sandrof, Troy Rollo, Matthew Green, ! and other ircII contributors. ! ! All rights reserved. See the HELP IRCII COPYRIGHT file for more ! information. ! NEW USER INFORMATION FOR IRC This file contains some caveats for people new to IRC. It is not a guide to commands for IRC. For a brief guide to commands for new users, see / HELP INTRO. See / HELP ETIQUETTE for a guide to good manners on IRC. IRC is an international network servicing 20 or more countries. There are over 10,000 registered users, and a similar number of regular unregistered users. Do not expect everybody to speak English. The primary means of identification is currently by nickname. This can be modified with / NICK , and registered with NickServ. (/ MSG NickServ HELP for information on NickServ). Note, however that some nicknames are duplicated, and since unique nicknames CANNOT BE ENFORCED it is common to find someone else using a registered nickname. If you have any doubts about the identity of somebody using a given nick, use / WHOIS NickName to find out more. This gives detailed information on the person using the NickName. For example, if you are getting abusive messages from "Fred", type: /WHOIS Fred If the information displayed is not the same as that which you would expect for Fred, it is probably a case of impersonation. Recently some users have been tricking others into allowing them to control their IRC sessions or damaging their files. If somebody asks you to type a command and you don't know what it does, use /HELP CommandName to find out more about it first. In particular, /ON has been used to cause trouble and is now initially disabled for new users. Additionally, /QUI is short for /QUIT and will terminate your IRC session. If you see any message asking you to type /QUI or /QUIT, ignore it. Some new users have been baffled by " CTCP " messages appearing on the IRC session. These are messages from other users, asking your client to perform some service for them. They are generally generated by somebody typing in a CTCP command. If you have not already done so, read the HELP files INTRO and ETIQUETTE . See Also: CTCP