Register & Protect Your Nickname on DALnet

On IRC, your nickname is your identity — but until you register it, anyone can type it on. Registering with NickServ (DALnet's nickname service) claims it as yours, lets you hold channel access and foundership, and stops impersonators. Here's how to do it properly.

1. Register your nickname

While using the nickname you want, send NickServ your password and a real email address:

DALnet will ask you a quick CAPTCHA-style question to prove you're human, then email you a confirmation link (it starts with https://users.dal.net/auth.php?). Open it and click CONFIRM.

2. Identify every time you connect

Registering proves the nick is yours; identifying proves it's you each session:

Doing this by hand every time gets old fast. The modern move is to let your client — or better, a bouncer like ZNC — identify automatically on connect, so you're always recognized.

3. Reclaim your nick from a "ghost"

Dropped your connection and your old session is still sitting on your nick? Kill that ghost:

If someone else is actively on your registered nick, you can take it back, then free the temporary hold:

4. Change your password

Rotate it any time with your current password:

Pick something long and unique — your NickServ password guards your identity and any channels you found. Treat it like the key it is.

That's it

Register, confirm by email, and identify (ideally automatically) — and your #Makati nick stays yours. Hop in on irc.dal.net and make it official.