4 NOTE is a sort of turbo-charged messaging system for irc. In short,
5 it achieves at the server level what the client attempts to do with MSG
6 and NOTIFY. The messaging system resembles modern voicemail systems
7 (except in text); messages can be sent, stored, or set for deferred
8 delivery. The client notification system works like NOTIFY, except with
9 greater accuracy and flexibility.
11 The most common uses of NOTE are its SPY and SEND functions. SPY is similar
12 to NOTIFY, except it can accept a full address to spy on, not just a nickname.
13 SEND, as its name implies, sends a note to a user; if that user is not currently
14 online, it will be delivered if the user logs onto irc within a set time period.
16 When referring to a particular user, NOTE can deal with the standard
17 nick!user@host notation. Wildcards are allowed, and any portion may be omitted,
18 so long as the identifier remains unambiguous.
21 To send a note to Joebob (whose account is jbriggs@drivein.com):
22 /NOTE SEND joebob!jbriggs@drivein.com Hey there! Great movie!
24 To spy on anyone from blah.com for the next 30 days:
25 /NOTE SPY +30 *!*@*.blah.com A blah.com user is active
27 This command is Not available in the IRCNet.