[IRCServices Coding] NS LINK and NS SET PRIVATE

[Andrew Church]

>1. I don't know if it's offtopic or not, but when i want to link my nick to 
>an other nick and use other characters than just letters, then i have a 
>message similar to that:
>
>-NickServ- [AngryWolf] is not a valid nickname.

     According to RFC1459, nicks must begin with a letter.  What ircd are
you using?

>2. We know that "Nicks with the PRIVATE option set will not be displayed" in 
>LIST and LISTEMAIL. And if I turn on NSListOpersOnly then only IRC Operators 
>can use NickServ LIST and LISTEMAIL command, so there's no need to use 
>NickServ SET PRIVATE option. Am I right?

     It still has an effect: to prevent IRC operators who are not Services
admins from seeing the nick in the list.

  --Andrew Church
    achurch at achurch.org
    http://achurch.org/