tell and its cross-references

tell

tell <nick> <message ...>
 Leaves a message for someone, which will be delivered according to
 their `set tellme'.  I will tell you about your undelivered tells
 whenever I see you arriving, or when you say `ping'.  See also
 `help untell' and `help delmsg'.

delmsg

delmsg [<nick> ...]
 Forgets about tell messages I've passed on: either all of them, or
 only those from certain nicks.  Necessary if you set tellme pester
 or reliable, and also works with remind, but not with unreliable.
 Use untell to delete messages you've sent, rather than received.

ping

ping [<string>]
Replies with hopefully-useful information, including:
* Current time, number of IRC and system users, and load averages.
* Most recent traffic on a relevant channel (if sent privately, any
  channel we're both on, otherwise the channel in question.)  Only
  actual message traffic counts, and !-commands don't count either.
* The specified string, if any.
I can tell you this automatically if you like - see `help marktime'.
If you have undelivered messages sent with tell by or to you, I'll
let you know about those too (privately, if you ping on channel).

set

set                  show your current settings
set <option>         show the current setting of <option>
set <option> <value> set <option> to <value>
 Options:  timeformat ks|hms|beat
           marktime off|once|<n>[k]s|<n>m|<n>h
           tellme ...
 See also `help <option>', `help register' and `help identify'

tellme

The tellme command repeats any messages you have outstanding.
set tellme configures how you receive messages sent with tell:
 set tellme insecure              When I see you.
 set tellme secure [<interval>]   Hide body (reminding) until ident.
 set tellme reject                Do not accept messages.
 set tellme mailto <email-addr>   By email.  (Secure nicks only.)
Default: `secure 600'.  For insecure nicks `secure' == `insecure'.
To set when to consider messages delivered (see `help untell'):
 set tellme unreliable            Tell you once, then forget.
 set tellme remind [<every-interval> [<within-interval>]]
    Remind until you talk on channel within <within-interval>
    of me having told you.  (Default is remind 1h 30s.)
 set tellme pester <interval>     Remind until you say delmsg

untell

untell <nick> ...
 Forgets about all message(s) you've sent with tell to particular
 nick(s).  Use delmsg to delete messages sent *to* you.  There is no
 way to untell individual messages to the same nick.  If your nick is
 secure, you must identify yourself to use untell.