SILENCE Command

The  command is basically another form of the popular   command find in many IRC clients; however, unlike client   lists,   stops the messages from a given user at the server level, before they can reach the client. This only affects private messages, channel messages are still shown.

The command is as follows: / silence [+]user@host  Add the user@host mask to the silence list (*!user@host) / silence -user@host    Remove the user@host mask from the silence list (*!user@host) / silence +nick         Add nickname based silence (nick!*@*) / silence -nick         Remove nickname based silence (nick!*@*) / silence               List the current silence list for you / silence nick          Show the silence list for the given nick (restricted to network staff)

It is possible to use wildcards (i.e., ? and *) as needed in the silence mask. You may need to use a  or   (e.g.,  ) command in front of the   command if your client does not understand the   command.

Reverse silence
Prepending '!' to the mask or nickname will cause the entry to act as a reverse silence, that is, always allow users matching the mask to send you messages. This allows you to silence *!*@* (block everyone) and then add reverse silences for those who you would like to be able to message you.

Example: /silence +!JoeUser

The maximum number of silence entries you may have at one time on DareNET is 50. Also, one drawback is that you cannot specify the types of messages which are filtered like you can with  on many clients, rather all private messages from the specified nick/mask get suppressed. The upside is that the messages are stopped at the server and never make it to the client, making it useful against private message floods.

Account silences
The  command also supports matching users against their DareNET (NickServ) account name using the +x hostname format.

Example: /silence +*!*@joe.*.*

This will match any user that is logged into the specified NickServ account, which in the above example would be the account "joe", regardless of whether they have set umode +x or not. You can also have NickServ automatically add entries to your silence list when you authenticate! See  for more information.