X-Git-Url: http://git.silcnet.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=apps%2Firssi%2Fdocs%2Fhelp%2Fin%2Fwhois.in;h=b47f9b9ad4f504bd5021a4af4f21882ee1bcd775;hb=413da0f8686910f5e627393157566ae729ca99c4;hp=f9ebe71de3837d4d0de75bcb0461b7547dcc9547;hpb=2dc218143c7859f7529396dc121ae08e2fd78da0;p=silc.git diff --git a/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in b/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in index f9ebe71d..b47f9b9a 100644 --- a/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in +++ b/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in @@ -1,9 +1,34 @@ @SYNTAX:whois@ -Shows whois information of the specified client. -By default, this is aliased to /WI. +Shows WHOIS information of the specified client. By default, +this is aliased to /WI. -See also: WHOWAS, CHANNEL +If the -details option is used WHOIS will retrieve as detailed +information about the user as possible. Using this option WHOIS +MAY return following information about the user: + o User's public key + o Business card of the user (VCard) + o List of network services user is currently using + o Text and/or multimedia message (MIME, image, etc) + o User's personal mood + o User's preferred language + o User's preferred contact method (chat, email, etc) + o User's timezone + o User's geographical location + o Information about the device user is using (computer, PDA, etc) + +NOTE: It is also possible to receive other information. Note that +all users do not want to send these informations or may send only +some of the information. It also possible that none of these +informations is received. It also possible that some server +responds to your request on the behalf of the user if the user +does not want to respond to you. In this case the returned +information may be incomplete. + +If you want to send your information in WHOIS you can set the +information with ATTR command. See HELP ATTR. + +See also: WHOIS, CHANNEL, ATTR, NAMES, WHO