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<h2>NICKNAME AND REGISTRATION</h2>

<p>If anything in this article confuses you or raises further questions, please do not hesitate to ask over at the #Help channel.</p>

<h3>
Nickname Registration
</h3>
<p>The following command will begin the registration process:</p>
<ol>
    <li>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ REGISTER
            <em>yourpassword</em>
            <em>your@email.address</em>
        </code>
        <br> </br>
        Make sure that your password is longer than 5 characters, and that your email is valid.
        <br> </br>
    </li>
    <li>
        Check your email for a response from Rizon. Copy and paste the confirmation code found in the email, which should have the following format:
        <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ CONFIRM
            <em>ConfirmationCodeFromEmail</em>
        </code>
        <br> </br>
        If the confirmation code above is not entered within 24 hours, the nickname will be released and available for others to register.
        <br> </br>
        If you have not received your email within xx minutes/hours, please make sure that you have checked your spam folder, and that the email provided is not <a href="link-to-subpage">blacklisted</a>.
        <br> </br>
    </li>
</ol>
<p> Having a registered nickname is very useful in many ways, benefits include <a href="https://wiki.rizon.net/index.php?title=Channel_Registration">registering a channel</a> and <a href="https://wiki.rizon.net/index.php?title=VHost">requesting a vHost</a>.
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<h3>NICKSERV GROUPS</h3>
<p>If you plan to have more than one nicknames, you might want to create a NickServ group. This will allow you to share channel access, memos, and configuration across all nicknames in your group.</p>
To group your current nickname with another nickname, make sure that your current nickname is <b>not</b> registered to NickServ, and that the nickname you're planning to "merge" with <b>is</b> registered to NickServ.</p>

<ol>
    <li>
    For example, if you want your new nickname <i>joe142</i> to be part of your other nickname, <b>Joe</b>, you'll want to make sure that your current nickname, <i>joe142</i> is not registered, and then issue the following command:
    <br> </br>
    <code>
    /msg NickServ GROUP
    <em>Joe</em>
    <em>Joepassword</em>
    </code>
    </li>
    <p>If succeeded, NickServ will then send you a message confirming that</p>
    <b>You are now in the group of Joe.</b>
</ol>

<p>
If the nickname <i>joe142</i> <b>is</b> registered before grouping, it will not work. You'll want to <b>drop</b> the nickname <i>joe142</i> from registration.
</p>
<ol>
    <p>To do this, you must make sure that your current nickname is <i>joe142</i> and then type the following commands:
    <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ DROP
            <em>joe142</em>
        </code>
    </p>

NickServ will then send you a message, asking you to confirm the drop with a special code along the lines of:
    <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ DROP
            <em>joe142</em>
            <em>specialCode</em>
        </code>
</ol>

<p>
After this code has been entered, you are free to retry the grouping process.
    <br> </br>
Please note that any channel access associated with <i>joe142</i> will be removed when dropping it.
    <br> </br>
<b>/msg NickServ HELP GROUP</b> will explain this further.
</p>

<h3>TROUBLESHOOTING</h3>
<h4>Errors while registering</h4>
<p>If you entered the wrong email while registering your nickname, you can cancel the registration process with the following command:</p>
<p>
    <code>
        /msg NickServ CANCEL
        <em>registrationPassword</em>
    </code>
</p>

<p>
<h4>Reset Password</h4>
<ol>
    <li>
        To request a reset of your password, type the following command:
    <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ RESETPASS
            <em>yournick</em>
        </code>
    <br> </br>
    </li>
    <li>
        An email will be sent to the email address registered to your nickname from Rizon, which will include a co. Copy and paste the line found in the email, which should have the following format:
    <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ ENTERCODE
            <em>codeFromEmail</em>
        </code>
    </li>
        Note that this code will expire if not used within 24 hours.
    <br> </br>
    <li>
        NickServ will assign you a temporary password with the message
        <code>
            Password changed to tempPassword.
        </code>
        Use this temporary password to identify to your nickname with:
    <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ IDENTIFY
            <em>tempPassword</em>
        </code>
    </li>
    <br> </br>
    <li>
        If you have successfully identified to your nickname, you can change your temporary password to anything of your own choice:
    <br> </br>
        <code>
            /msg NickServ SET PASSWORD
            <em>yourPassword</em>
        </code>
    </li>
</ol>
<p>
In step 4, please note that
    <code>
    SET PASSWORD
    </code>
is part of the command, and that you enter your personal password in the part after it, i.e
        <code>
            <em>
            yourPassword
            </em>
        </code>
.
</p>
<h4>Expired Nickname</h4>
<p>If a nickname has not been identified to for 90 days, the nickname will expire of inactivity, as well as its access on any channels. You will have to re-register it.</p>
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