<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>NickServ</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2021-03-28 18:34:43</date><authorinitials>independence</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2010-06-12 15:22:05</date><authorinitials>independence</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2008-12-07 20:19:01</date><authorinitials>JohanMarcusson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2008-02-17 20:00:59</date><authorinitials>localhost</authorinitials><revremark>converted to 1.6 markup</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2008-01-04 01:05:20</date><authorinitials>JohanMarcusson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2007-07-17 11:50:39</date><authorinitials>JohanMarcusson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2007-03-07 19:09:22</date><authorinitials>JohanMarcusson</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>NickServ</title><para>NickServ is a network bot that manages users and nicknames on <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/NickServ/wiki/Info/IRC#">IRC</ulink>. If you register with NickServ your nickname will be protected so that no one else can take it. You can also get auto-voice and auto-op when you join a channel, and you get access to <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/NickServ/wiki/MemoServ#">MemoServ</ulink> to send and recieve messages to users who are offline. </para><para>Read this howto for detailed instructions on how to register your nickname with NickServ on <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/NickServ/wiki/BlinkenIRC#">BlinkenIRC</ulink>: <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/NickServ/wiki/Howto/Register_Nickname#">Register Nickname</ulink>. </para><para>You can also ask NickServ for help: </para><screen><![CDATA[/msg nickserv help]]></screen><para>To automate logging in/identifying to nickserv when connecting try <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/NickServ/wiki/Info/IRC/SASL#">Info/IRC/SASL</ulink> </para></section></article>