IRC modes

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Modes

Modes in IRC is a mean modification of access and restrictions to a channel or a user to meet their accessibility and their restrictions.

Note: All of these modes vary between IRCd's. The modes displayed are based off of Unreal IRCd. For specific modes of an IRCd, try searching Google.

User Modes

• A - Marks the user as server Admin.
• a - marks the user as services admin.
• b - marks the user as bot.
• C - Co-Administrator
• c - Connection Notices. Allows the IRC operator to receive a notice for each client that connects or disconnects from the local server.
• d - Deaf. Prevents the server from sending the user any channel text.
• e - Allows the IRC operator to edit the configuration file from IRC.
• f - Flood Notices. Allows the IRC operator to receive a notice every time someone quits the local server due to excess flood.
• G - G-Filter. Censors swear words that are sent to the user in the channel or elsewhere.
• h - Help Operator. Marks the user as available to help users. Depending on the IRCd, also allows the operator to see /helpop notices.
• H - Hide IRC Operator Status. Hides the IRC operator line in /whois.
• i - Prevents the user from showing up in /names and /who output.
• k - Allows the user to see when a user is killed from the local server.
• l - Locops.
• M - Allows the IRC operator to see all modes, and +p and +s channels, in /list.
• m - Allows the IRC operator to see when users /whois him or her.
• N - Prevents the user from being killed by anyone except services and protected (+p) users.
• n - Shows the user a notice every time a user changes nicknames
• O - Marks the user as a local IRC operator
• o - Marks the user as a global IRCop
• p - Hides the channels from the user's /whois.
• q - Only allows services to kick you from a channel.
• R - Blocks messages and notices from unregistered (-r) users.
• r - Marks the user as having identified with services.
• S - Prevents the user from being kicked, deoped, dehalfoped, devoiced, ans killed. Also hides the channel list from /whois.
• s - Allows the user to see local server notices.
• T - Blocks CTCPs from getting to the user.
• t - Signifies that the user is using a /vhost.
• u - Shows unauthorized client notices.
• V - Marks the user as a WebTV user.
• v - Infected DCC Notices.
• W - Allows the IRC operator to see when users /whois him or her.
• w - Lets the user view wallops when they are sent by IRC operators. This is restricted to server wallops in Hybrid.
• x - Hides the user's hostname or IP address from other users.
• z - Marks the user as connected via SSL. This mode can not be turned on or turned off (it is done by the server on connection).

Channel Modes

• a <username> - Channel Administrator, they cannot get kicked except by owners.
• b <hostmask> - it bans a hostmask.
• C - CTCP Prevention from Channels.
• c - Colour Prevention .
• e - exception. The Person can eneter the channel even if they are banned.
• f - (f [*]<lines>:<seconds>) tells chanserv when to kick people for spamming

              eg. 3 lines: 3 seconds would be 3:3

• G - censors swear words.
• h - half-operator.
• i - allows a user to join the channel without an invitation.
• K - to prevent users from knocking on the channels.
• k <key> - prevents people who doesnt know the channel password from enetring.
• l <parameter> - set how many persons can be in the channel at one time.
• L <channel> - state which channel the user should go if the channel is full.
• M - users who are unregistered, cannot enter the channels.
• m - users without (+v, +h, +o ,+a ,+o) (+ , %, & , @ , ~) cannot speak in the channel.
• N - prevents users from changing their nick in the channel.
• n - prevents external message from entering the channels.
• O - allows only IRCOPS from enetring the channel.
• o - marks user as channel operator.
• p - hide channel from /whois.
• Q - only allow services to kick people out.
• q - marks user as channel owner.
• R - only allow register users in the channel.
• r - marks channel as registered.
• S - converts colours to text in channel.
• s - hide the channel from /whois and /list
• T - doesnt allow users to send notices in the channel
• t - prevent non-ops from changing the topic
• u - Makes /names and /who only show channel operators to regular users, and show everyone to channel operators.
• V - prevents user from sending invites to the channel
• v <user> - allow the user to speak in the chanel
• x - Rejects any lines that contain colour codes.
• z - only allows SSL users to enter the channel.