NickServ SET Options

You must IDENTIFY to NickServ before using these commands.

For a list of SET commands from NickServ, type: 

/MSG NickServ HELP SET

The following SET commands can be used with NickServ:

Command Description
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.
INFO

Set text to be shown with the INFO command.
KILL

Turn kill 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.
TIMEZONE

Set the time zone to use for displaying times.
MAINNICK

Set the nickname shown in channel access lists.

Additionally, services administrators can set NOEXPIRE to prevent nickname expiration.

SET Commands Detailed

SET PASSWORD

SET PASSWORD new-password

Changes the password used to identify you as the nickname's owner.

Example:

/msg NickServ set PASSWORD MyNewPassword

SET LANGUAGE

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:

  1. English
  2. Nederlands (Dutch)
  3. Français (French)
  4. Deutsch (German)
  5. Magyar (Hungarian)
  6. Italiano (Italian)
  7. Japanese (EUC-encoding)
  8. Japanese (SJIS-encoding)
  9. Portugues (Portuguese)
  10. Español (Spanish)
  11. Turkce (Turkish)

Example:

/msg NickServ set LANGUAGE 1

SET URL

SET URL url

Associates the given URL with your nickname. This URL will be displayed whenever someone requests information on your nickname with the INFO command.

Example:

/msg NickServ set URL http://www.esper.net/

SET EMAIL

SET EMAIL address

Associates the given E-mail address with your nickname. This address will be displayed whenever someone requests information on your nickname with the INFO command.

Example:

/msg NickServ set EMAIL ketju@esper.net

SET INFO

SET INFO text

Associates the given text with your nickname; it will be displayed whenever someone requests information on your nickname with the INFO command.

Example:

/msg NickServ set INFO My name is Dave

SET KILL

SET KILL {ON | QUICK | IMMED | OFF}

Turns the automatic kill protection option for your nickname on or off. With kill protection on, if another user tries to take your nick, they will be given one minute to change to another nick, after which they will be forcibly removed from IRC by NickServ.

If you select QUICK, the user will be given only 20 seconds to change their nickname instead of the usual 60. If you select IMMED, the user will be killed 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.

Example:

/msg NickServ set KILL ON

SET SECURE

SET SECURE {ON | OFF}

Turns NickServ's security features on or off for your nickname. 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.

Example:

/msg NickServ set SECURE ON

SET PRIVATE

SET PRIVATE {ON | OFF}

Turns NickServ's privacy option on or off for your nickname. 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.)

Example:

/msg NickServ set PRIVATE ON

SET HIDE

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 nickname. 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).

Example:

/msg NickServ set HIDE EMAIL ON

SET TIMEZONE

SET TIMEZONE {UTC-offset | time-zone | DEFAULT}

Set the time zone to 5 hours behind UTC.

Set the time zone to 3 hours, 30 minutes ahead of UTC.

Set the time zone to Japan Standard Time (UTC+9:00)

Sets the time zone to use for displaying times (such as a nickname or channel's last used time), instead of using the time zone Services is operating in; the DEFAULT setting can be used to return to Services' time zone. The time zone can be specified in one of two ways:

As a UTC offset, the time difference between your local time and UTC (Universal Coordinated Time, also known as GMT, Greenwich Mean Time). The offset is given as a "+" or "-" to indicate ahead of (east) or behind (west) UTC, followed by either a whole number of hours or a string in the form "hh:mm".

As a time zone name, such as "GMT" or "EDT". Not all time zone names are supported by Services, and some countries' time zones have the same names, so if you get an error or the time displayed by Services is wrong, use a UTC offset instead.

Note that Services will not automatically adjust for daylight savings time (summer time); you will have to adjust the time zone manually.

Example:

/msg NickServ SET TIMEZONE JST