ban

Syntax

BAN [<channel>] [<nicks>]

BAN [-normal | -user | -host | -domain | -custom <type>] <nicks/masks>

Parameters

-normal:	Uses the *!*user@*.domain.tld format.
-user:	Uses the *!*user@* format.
-host:	Uses the *!*@host.domain.tld format.
-domain:	Uses the *!*@*.domain.tld format.
-custom:	Uses the custom format.

A channel and the nicknames or hostnames to ban; if no arguments are given the bans in the active channel are displayed.

If no ban format parameter is given, the value of the ban_type setting will be used to generate the hostmask to ban.

Description

Adds one or more bans to a channel.

Configuring the custom format

You must set the custom ban_type to the format you would like to use. For example, if you set the custom ban_type to ‘nick domain’, it will generate a ban based on the nick!*@*.domain.tld format.

Examples

/BAN
/BAN mike
/BAN -host bob
/BAN *!*@*.irssi.org
/BAN -domain sarah

/SET ban_type custom nick domain
/SET ban_type custom user host

See also

DEOP, KICKBAN, KNOCKOUT, OP, UNBAN