The Notice command sends a message to one or more channels or nicknames on a server. Users do not see the list of users who received the message.
When a Notice command is sent, an automatic response from a client should not be expected. In contrast, the Privmsg command effects an automatic response from a client if one has been set with the Away command.
In addition to the functionality described in RFC 1459, Chat Service allows you to specify that a notice be sent only to particular nicknames in a particular channel. For example, the command "notice #mychannel jim,sue,kim" sends a message to the users with nicknames Jim, Sue, and Kim in the channel #MyChannel.
Notice ChannelOrNickList :Message
Notice Channel NickList :Message
See the section on conventions used in syntax for help in reading command syntax.
| ChannelOrNickList | A channel, list of channels, nickname, list of nicknames, or a list containing both channels and nicknames. These should be separated by commas, with no spaces between. |
| Channel | A channel. |
| NickList | A list of nicknames. These should be separated by commas, with no spaces between. |
| Message | Message sent to the channel members. Quotation marks are not necessary. |
notice #mychannel,jim,#bigchan,kim,sue :The gig is up. | |
| Sends a message to all users on #MyChannel and #BigChannel, and to Jim, Kim, and Sue. | |
notice #mychannel jim,sue,kim :You are hereby served notice. | |
| Sends a message to Jim, Sue, and Kim on #MyChannel. |