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  15     <B>Mark Hetherington</B>
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  19     <I>Mon Feb  4 16:15:52 PST 2002</I>
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  34 <PRE>(Services version 5.0a18)
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  36 'Nickserv status' on a particular user reports:
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  38 -NickServ- STATUS nickname 1
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  40 'Nickserv info' on the same nick reports:
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  42 -NickServ- Nick nickname isn't registered.
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  44 Given the status system of:
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  46 0 - no such user online or nickname not registered
  47 1 - user not recognized as nickname's owner
  48 2 - user recognized as owner via access list only
  49 3 - user recognized as owner via password identification
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  51 Status 1 seems more applicable to 'no identify attempt made' or 'failed
  52 identify' for an online user than 'an online user is using a nickname that
  53 nickserv knows nothing about'. In the case I mention, the status ought to
  54 remain 0 or there should be another status of 'nickname not registered' for
  55 when a nick is online but not registered. i.e it becomes:
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  57 0 - no such user online or nickname not registered
  58 1 - user online but nickname not registered
  59 2 - user not recognized as nickname's owner
  60 3 - user recognized as owner via access list only
  61 4 - user recognized as owner via password identification
  62
  63 I guess it largely depends on the point of the command as to which system
  64 would be preferable but a status of 'user not recognized as nickname's
  65 owner' implies a user is using a registered nickname when they may not be so
  66 is inaccurate. The command seems to combine an 'is user online' with an 'is
  67 nickname registered' command so the more information it can provide, the
  68 more useful it will become. Personally I prefer system 2 (new status level)
  69 but am open to suggestions as to the wording of the status report :)
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  71 Mark.
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