[Solved] [IRC] What is 'umode'?

[Detlef Lechner]

Res wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Detlef Lechner wrote:
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>> Does 'umode' stand for 'IRC user mode'? What does 'IRC user mode' mean
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> yes
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>> precisely?
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> its server modes against your nick, set by server and by you, some umodes 
> you can unset some you can not.
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> more popular ones are +x if registered on undernet to protect your true 
> hostmark from normal users, some other networks do similar with +i, you 
> can use +d to make your client "deaf" this means you will not see any
> channel chit chat, but will still get private messages and joins/parts 
> etc. User modes differ between networks, what is +i on one may not be +i 
> on another, but some, like +d are one of the uniform umodes.
Thank you very much for explaining.

Detlef