content/news/2015-09-18-services-database-purge.md

   1 author: mrmist
   2 date: 2015-09-18 08:58:13+00:00
   3 slug: services-database-purge
   4 title: Services database purge
   5 categories:
   6 - freenode
   7 - infrastructure
   8 tags:
   9 - expiry
  10 - nicks
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  12 On or around Friday, October 2nd, we shall be cleaning up the services database.  This involves the bulk removal of expired nicks, channels and accounts.
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  14 Therefore, please remember to identify to services when you connect ( /msg nickserv help identify ) and to use your grouped nicks whilst identified - remember, they all expire separately.
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  16 Nicks that are past the expiry threshold of 120 days unidentified on October 2nd will be freed from the database and available for others to register.
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  18 If you have a nick grouped to your account that you'd prefer to use as your main nick, you can change your account name - see /msg nickserv help set accountname  for information.
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  20 Remember you can use sendpass to recover lost passwords - see /msg nickserv help sendpass.