End user FAQ

Frequently asked questions by people who aren't running the IRC bridge by themselves.

What do I do if I already closed direct chat with the appservice?

Simply open it again, the appservice will join on invite. You can find it from user list of any bridged room, for example the freenode one is @appservice-irc:matrix.org.

How do I change my IRC side nick?

Say !nick YourNewNicknameHere in direct chat with the appservice user.

Why don't I get notifications from IRC pings?

Currently you have to add your IRC nick to your keywords. You can do this by opening Settings in Riot Web and under NOTIFICATIONS there is

Messages containing keywords

The word keywords is a link and by clicking it you can add/edit your keywords and add your IRC nick there to get pinged by it in the future.

How do I register/identify to NickServ?

Start by opening a direct chat with NickServ. It's generally @_<network>_NickServ:homeserver.example.org, though some networks omit the leading _ like freenode: @freenode_NickServ:matrix.org. You can figure out the network prefix from Bridged IRC networks.

Then you can register/identify normally depending on the syntax of your network which you can generally check by saying "help register" or "help identify".

For example freenode uses the syntaxes:

• identify [<nickname>] <password>
  • where nickname is optional assuming you are identifying for your current nickname
• register <password> <email>

And do it automatically?

Again in direct chat with the @appservice-rc you can use !storepass <string> command to save a string that is sent in PASS command when your ghost (=your IRC-presence) connects if your network sends the PASS command to NickServ.

With freenode you can !storepass nickname:password, some only accept the !storepass password and some just ignore the command.