IRC Tips:
Compiled by Will Baldwin

Official web pages:
Undernet:           cservice.undernet.org
    Dalnet:           users.dal.net

You can do a lot from these web pages, inculding looking at ban lists, etc.
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To get network help:
Undernet:           /msg W   To get help for a registered channel, you have to substitute whatever bot manages it (X, W).
    there are no Nick or Memo services on Undernet.
    Dalnet:           to get help on channel commands, /msg chanserv help
                      to  get help for nickserv commands, /msg nickserv help
                      to  get help for memoserv commands, /msg memoserv help
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On some networks, like Undernet, some people have problems with being disconnected when they haven't typed anything for awhile.  Here is an alias that helps prevent being disconnected by the server:

/ka /timer1 0 600 /ctcp $me keepalive
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Here's a nice Remote script to handle situations where Nickserv gives you that message: 'This nick is owned by someone else...'.  It will automatically identify you to Nickserv:

1) add this variable under the Variables tab (substitute your own password):
    %nickpass yourpassword

2) set up nickserv under the Users tab in mIRC, for Dalnet, and NDRS, respecitvely:
    500:*Serv!*service@dal.net
    500:*Serv!services@venom.ndrs.com

3) Then, add this remote script:
    on +500:NOTICE:*is owned by someone else*:?: {
      /msg nickserv identify %nickpass
    }
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Here's a nice alias that:
    1) tells the channels you're in that you're away,
    2) sets your /away message,
    3) stores your current nick temporarily, and
    4) changes your nick to show that you're away (substitute Ted-BRB with your own choice):

/a /ame is away: $$1- | /away $1- | %m = $me | /nick Ted-BRB | %awaymsg = $1-
To use it, type (for example): /a Making dinner.  BRB.

Then, when you come back, use this alias.  It will:
    1) set your nick back to the original, and
    2) mark you as *not* away

/b /nick %m | /ame is Back | /away
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Here's a nice remote script that:
    1) Welcomes people to the channel that you have ops in (the line '/ctcp...'),
    2) Sounds an alert on your own computer (the line '/splay...'), and,
    3) If you're marked as away, sends a notice to that effect, and displays your /away message.  Otherwise, it says         you'll be there in a moment.

on @1:join:#: {
    /ctcp $nick sound welcome.wav
    /splay c:\downlo~1\fanfare2.wav
    if ($away) /notice $nick (Autoresponse) Welcome, $nick.  I'm currently Away: %awaymsg
    else /notice $nick (Autoresponse) Welcome, $nick.  I'll be here in a moment.
}

It relies on the %awaymsg variable, which is set by the /a alias, shown prior.
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For all these scripts, you must delete leading spaces, before adding them to your mIRC.