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A registered nickname is mandatory if you wish to register a channel or if someone wants to give you special privileges in their channel. By registering your nickname NickServ will recognize you as the owner of the nickname. This makes it possible for you to regain your nickname should someone else be using it.
To register your nickname, type:
/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email-address>
NickServ will send you an email containing instructions on how to complete the registration process. It is therefore important that you supply a valid e-mail address. If you don't want your email address to show up when someone issues /msg NickServ INFO yournick you may want to set the HideEmail flag:
/msg NickServ SET HideEmail on
If you, like most people, have several nicknames, you may want to link those to your NickServ account:
/nick altnick /msg NickServ GROUP
Most clients support issuing commands upon connection to a server. In Irssi, for example, you would do it like this:
/network add -autosendcmd "msg NickServ identify YOURPASSWORD" Ambernet /server add -network Ambernet irc.ambernet.org
Consult your IRC clients manual for more information.
If someone else, or a ghost, is using your nickname you may want to use NickServ's GHOST function. By issuing:
/msg NickServ GHOST <nick>
nick will be disconnected, and you can use that nickname again. If you aren't already logged in to your NickServ account you will have to supply your password:
/msg NickServ GHOST <nick> <password>