NICKNAME AND REGISTRATION

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

Nickname Registration

    1. The following command will begin the registration process:
    /msg NickServ REGISTER yourpassword your@valid.email

    Make sure that your password is longer than 5 characters, and that your email is valid.

    2. Check your email for a response from Rizon. Copy and paste the confirmation code found in the email, which should have the following format:
    /msg NickServ CONFIRM ConfirmationCodeFromEmail

    If you have not received your email within xx minutes/hours, please make sure that you have checked your spam folder, and that your email is not <a href="link-to-subpage">blacklisted</a>.

    If the confirmation code above is not entered within 24 hours, the nickname will be released and available for others to register.

-NICKSERV GROUPS-
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.
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.

For example, if you want your new nickname joe142 to be part of your other nickname, <b>Joe</b>, you'll want to make sure that your current nickname is joe142, and then issue the following command:
    /msg NickServ GROUP Joe Joepassword

If succeeded, NickServ will then send you a message confirming that <b>You are now in the group of Joe.</b>

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

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

Please note that any channel access associated with "joe142" will be removed when dropping it.
After this has been finished, you are free to retry the grouping process.

<b>/msg NickServ HELP GROUP</b> will explain this further.

-TROUBLESHOOTING-
Errors while registering
If you entered the wrong email while registering your nickname, make sure that you still have the same nickname and cancel registration process with the following command:
/msg NickServ CANCEL registrationPassword

After this command has been issued, you are free to retry the registration process.

Reset Password
    1. To request a reset of your password, type the following command:
    /msg NickServ RESETPASS yournick

    2. An email will be sent to the email address registered to your nickname from Rizon. Copy and paste the line found in the email, which should have the following format:
    /msg NickServ ENTERCODE codeFromEmail

Note that the code in your email will expire if not used within 24 hours.

    3. NickServ will assign you a temporary password with the message "Password changed to tempPassword." Use this temporary password to identify to your nickname with:
    /msg NickServ IDENTIFY tempPassword

    4. If you have successfully identified to your nickname, you can change your temporary password to anything of your own choice:
    /msg NickServ SET PASSWORD yourPassword

In step 4, please note that "SET PASSWORD" is part of the command and that you enter your personal password in the part after it, i.e "yourPassword".

Expired Nickname
If a nickname has not been identified to for 90 days, it will expire of inactivity, as well as its access on any channels.