My OperaProtecting and recovering your nick
By OperaNet. Monday, January 2, 2006 9:42:28 AM
By default, anyone can use your nick even if you registered it. To prevent others from using your nick, you can enable the "kill" option in NickServ.
Enabling "kill
To give the user (which is you in most cases) 60 seconds to identify, enter the following command:
Quick "kill"
To give the user 20 seconds to identify, enter the following command:
Disabling the protection
To disable the nick protection, enter the following command:
Recovering your nick manually
It is possible to manually disconnect the person using your nick. You can do this by connecting with any nickname, and using the following command:
"nick" is your registered nick.
"pass" is your password.
Now you can either wait for one minute until the nick is released automatically, or use the following command to release it right away:
You can now change back to your registered nick.
Enabling "kill
To give the user (which is you in most cases) 60 seconds to identify, enter the following command:
/msg NickServ SET KILL ON
Quick "kill"
To give the user 20 seconds to identify, enter the following command:
/msg NickServ SET KILL QUICK
Disabling the protection
To disable the nick protection, enter the following command:
/msg NickServ SET KILL OFF
Recovering your nick manually
It is possible to manually disconnect the person using your nick. You can do this by connecting with any nickname, and using the following command:
/msg NickServ RECOVER nick pass
"nick" is your registered nick.
"pass" is your password.
Now you can either wait for one minute until the nick is released automatically, or use the following command to release it right away:
/msg NickServ RELEASE nick pass
You can now change back to your registered nick.
