:tell
tell <nick> <message ...>
Leaves a message for someone, which will be delivered according to
- their `set !tellme' setting, or failing that your `set !tellbounce'.
+ 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'.
-:tellbounce
-!set tellbounce after <!interval> (Default: 80h.)
- If undelivered longer than that, I will:
-!set tellbounce discard Just throw it away. (Default.)
-!set tellbounce tellme <interval> Try a bounce `tell' that long.
-!set tellbounce mailto <email-addr> Email you. (Secure nicks only.)
+:untell
+!untell [<nick> ...]
+ Forgets about all message(s) you've sent with !tell, or those 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.
:tellme
+!tellme repeats any messages you have outstanding.
!set tellme configures how you receive messages sent with !tell:
set tellme insecure When I see you. (Default.)
set tellme secure Hide body until secure ident.
set tellme refuse Do not accept messages.
set tellme mailto <email-addr> By email. (Secure nicks only.)
-and also when to consider them delivered:
+and also when to consider them delivered (see `help !untell'):
set tellme unreliable Tell you once, then forget.
set tellme pester <interval> Remind until you say !delmsg
- set tellme reliable <interval> Like pester, but identify req'd.
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.)
:delmsg
delmsg [<nick> ...]
-Forgets about messages I've told you about: 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.
+ 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.
:seen
seen <nick>
set show your current settings
set <option> show the current setting of <option>
set <option> <value> set <option> to <value>
- Options: !timeformat ks|hms !marktime off|once|<n>[k]s|<n>m|<n>h
+ Options: !timeformat ks|hms !marktime off|once|<!interval>
+ !tellme ...
See also `help <option>', `help !register' and `help !identify'
:timeformat
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).
:marktime
!set marktime off Only an explicit `!ping' command sends info.