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#<code>/msg NickServ REGISTER <em>yourPassword</em> <em>your@email.address</em></code> <br /> Make sure that your password is longer than 5 characters, and that your email is valid. <br>
#<code>/msg NickServ REGISTER <em>yourPassword</em> <em>your@email.address</em></code> <br /> Make sure that your password is longer than 5 characters, and that your email is valid. <br>
#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> <code> /msg NickServ CONFIRM <em>ConfirmationCodeFromEmail</em></code> <br /> If the confirmation code above is not entered within 24 hours, the nickname will be released and available for others to register.<br />
#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> <code> /msg NickServ CONFIRM <em>ConfirmationCodeFromEmail</em></code> <br /> If the confirmation code above is not entered within 24 hours, the nickname will be released and available for others to register.<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 [[Blacklisted Emails|blacklisted]].<br>
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 provider is not [[Blacklisted Emails|blacklisted]].<br>


Having a registered nickname is very useful in many ways, benefits include [[Channel Registration|registering a channel]] and [[vHost|requesting a vHost]].
Having a registered nickname is very useful in many ways, benefits include [[Channel Registration|registering a channel]] and [[vHost|requesting a vHost]].

Revision as of 18:09, 9 January 2016

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

Nickname Registration

Mibbit Users: Creating an account at Mibbit does not mean that you have registered on Rizon. Nick registration on Rizon is completely different and not affiliated with Mibbit in any way.

The following command will begin the registration process:

  1. /msg NickServ REGISTER yourPassword your@email.address
    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 the confirmation code above is not entered within 24 hours, the nickname will be released and available for others to register.

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 provider is not blacklisted.

Having a registered nickname is very useful in many ways, benefits include registering a channel and requesting a vHost.

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 not registered to NickServ, and that the nickname you're planning to "merge" with is registered to NickServ.

For example, if you want your new nickname joe142 to be part of your other nickname, Joe, you'll want to make sure that your current nickname, joe142 is not registered, and then issue the following command:

  • /msg NickServ GROUP Joe Joepassword

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

If the nickname joe142 is registered before grouping, it will not work. You'll want to drop the nickname joe142 from registration.

  1. To do this, you must make sure that your current nickname is your unregistered nickname, in our case joe142, and then type the following command:
    /msg NickServ DROP joe142
  1. NickServ will then send you a message, asking you to confirm the drop with a special code along the lines of:
    /msg NickServ DROP joe142specialCode

After this code has been entered, you are free to retry the grouping process.

Please note that any channel access associated with joe142 will be removed when dropping it.
You can read about more NickServ commands, as well as other commands over at the Services Commands page.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Errors while registering

If you entered the wrong email while registering your nickname, you can cancel the registration process with the following command:

  • /msg NickServ CANCEL registrationPassword

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, which will include a co. Copy and paste the line found in the email, which should have the following format:
    /msg NickServ ENTERCODE codeFromEmail
    Note that this code 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, the nickname will expire of inactivity, as well as its access on any channels. You will have to re-register it.