Quick and Dirty Guide to ChanServ
I never, ever remember the commands for ChanServ on Freenode. I'm always looking them up, so this time I made a quick cheat-sheet to help me out. You can basically follow this from top to bottom.
Register Your Channel
/msg ChanServ register # Tells ChanServ about your channel and makes you the founder.
Make ChanServ Stick Around
/msg ChanServ set # guard on Makes ChanServ hang out in your channel.
Protect Your Topic
/msg ChanServ set # topiclock on Makes it so you can only change the topic through ChanServ.
Set A Topic
/msg ChanServ set # topic Set the channel topic via ChanServ.
Make Your Topic Sticky
/msg ChanServ set # keeptopic on ChanServ keeps your topic even when there is no one in the channel.
Set The Channel URL
/msg ChanServ set # url Sets the URL for the channel if someone does an INFO query.
Set The Channel Description
/msg chanserv set # desc Sets the description for the channel if someone does an INFO or LIST query.
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