Extbans
Bans, quiets and invite and ban exemptions conventionally accept the format
nick!user@host. On freenode another syntax, known as "extban", is accepted.
These entries have the general format $X or $X:data. Optionally, they can
be negated with a tilde (~) before the character: for example, $~a matches
every user that is not identified to services.
Available extban types
| Type (name) | Description |
|---|---|
| $a (account name) |
Match users identified to the account specified in the parameter. Accepts wildcards; an empty $a matches any logged-in user. |
| $j (cannot join other channel) |
Takes an exact channel name (no wildcards or globbing) as its parameter and matches any user who is banned from that channel. Due to caching by the server, a change to the target channel's ban list may not immediately affect a user's ability to send to the channel using $j. |
| $r (ircname) |
Matches on a client's ircname, or gecos. The parameter accepts wildcards. For example: /mode #channel +b $r:Foo* will ban any user whose gecos begins with "Foo". |
| $x (full match) |
Takes a parameter that is matched against a client's full nick!username@host#gecos. The parameter accepts wildcards. For example, /mode #channel +b $x:*#Foo* will ban any user whose gecos begins with Foo, or whose gecos contains "#Foo". |
| $z (connected securely) |
Accepts no parameters. Matches users who are connected via SSL/TLS. |