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author: christel
date: 2009-01-05 13:34:32+00:00
slug: nickserv-access-module-loaded
title: Nickserv Access Module Loaded.
category: freenode
category: technical
imported: yes
---
We recently added support for NickServ's ACCESS command to freenode's services. This allows you to define a list of hostmasks from which nickserv will recognise you before you have identified. Logging in as normal is still required, but matching an entry on this list will prevent NickServ from changing your nick if ENFORCE is enabled.

For more detailed information, see NickServ's help topic:

/msg NickServ HELP ACCESS

There is one caveat to this feature: if you match an entry on your nickname's access list, you will not receive notices from NickServ asking you to identify. This, combined with nickname access lists that were migrated from our old theia database and have lain dormant since, may cause some auto-identify scripts to stop functioning.

If you find that this is the case, the simplest workaround is just to remove all entries from your nickname's access list. Use

/msg NickServ ACCESS LIST

to see all entries, and

/msg NickServ ACCESS DEL <hostmask>

to remove them.
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849bdd6f SB	2	author: christel
	3	date: 2009-01-05 13:34:32+00:00
	4	slug: nickserv-access-module-loaded
	5	title: Nickserv Access Module Loaded.
c5191f36 EK	6	category: freenode
c5191f36 EK	7	category: technical
df8e5765	8	imported: yes
849bdd6f	9	---
849bdd6f	10	We recently added support for NickServ's ACCESS command to freenode's services. This allows you to define a list of hostmasks from which nickserv will recognise you before you have identified. Logging in as normal is still required, but matching an entry on this list will prevent NickServ from changing your nick if ENFORCE is enabled.
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849bdd6f	12	For more detailed information, see NickServ's help topic:
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849bdd6f	14	/msg NickServ HELP ACCESS
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849bdd6f	16	There is one caveat to this feature: if you match an entry on your nickname's access list, you will not receive notices from NickServ asking you to identify. This, combined with nickname access lists that were migrated from our old theia database and have lain dormant since, may cause some auto-identify scripts to stop functioning.
34876803	17
849bdd6f	18	If you find that this is the case, the simplest workaround is just to remove all entries from your nickname's access list. Use
34876803	19
849bdd6f	20	/msg NickServ ACCESS LIST
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849bdd6f	22	to see all entries, and
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849bdd6f	24	/msg NickServ ACCESS DEL <hostmask>
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849bdd6f	26	to remove them.