The /ban command is used to ban someone from a specific channel using their address. If no channel specified mIRC will use the active channel window. Using the -k switch mIRC will also kick the user with a kick message. mIRC uses the /userhost command to find the user's address before applying a ban.

Synopsis

/ban [-ruN] [#channel] <nickname|address> [type]
/ban -k[ruN] [#channel] <nickname|address> [type] [kick message]

Switches

• -k - Bans and kicks the user
• -r - Used to remove a banned address
• -uN - Unsets the ban in N amount of seconds

Parameters

• [#channel] - A specific channel to apply the ban on.
• <nickname|address> - The nick or address to use for the ban.
• [type] - The address type to use for the ban.
• [kick message] - The optionnal kick message.

Example

;Ban Foo's address (type 2) in the active channel window 
/ban Foo 2
 
;Ban/Kick Mike202 from the active channel with a kick message of "Owned!"
;Unset ban after 60 seconds
/ban -ku60 Mike202 Owned!
 
;Ban/kick Dave3 from #FooBar with a kick message of "Cya!"
;ban type 2
/ban -k #FooBar Dave3 2 Cya!

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v2.1a

Added On: 28/02/95

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $banmask
• $bnick
• $ibl
• $address
• $chan
• $nick