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    119 <sect1 id="nick_changes">
    120 <title>Changing your nickname</title>
    121 
    122 <para>
    123 BitlBee now allows you to change your nickname. So far this was not possible because it made managing saved accounts more complicated.
    124 </para>
    125 
    126 <para>
    127 The restriction no longer exists now though. When you change your nick (just using the <emphasis>/nick</emphasis> command), your logged-in status will be reset, which means any changes made to your settings/accounts will not be saved.
    128 </para>
    129 
    130 <para>
    131 To restore your logged-in status, you need to either use the <emphasis>register</emphasis> command to create an account under the new nickname, or use <emphasis>identify -noload</emphasis> to re-identify yourself under the new nickname. The <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> flag tells the command to verify your password and log you in, but not load any new settings. See <emphasis>help identify</emphasis> for more information.
    132 </para>
    133 
    134 </sect1>
    135 
    136 <sect1 id="channels">
    137 <title>Dealing with channels</title>
    138 
    139 <para>
    140 You can have as many channels in BitlBee as you want. You maintain your channel list using the <emphasis>channel</emphasis> command. You can create new channels by just joining them, like on regular IRC networks.
    141 </para>
    142 
    143 <para>
    144 You can create two kinds of channels. Control channels, and groupchat channels. By default, BitlBee will set up new channels as control channels if their name starts with an &amp;, and as chat channels if it starts with a #.
    145 </para>
    146 
    147 <para>
    148 Control channels are where you see your contacts. By default, you will have one control channel called &amp;bitlbee, containing all your contacts. But you can create more, if you want, and divide your contact list accross several channels.
    149 </para>
    150 
    151 <para>
    152 For example, you can have one channel with all contacts from your MSN Messenger account in it. Or all contacts from the group called "Work".
    153 </para>
    154 
    155 <para>
    156 Type <emphasis>help channels2</emphasis> to read more.
    157 </para>
    158 
    159 </sect1>
    160 
    161 <sect1 id="channels2">
    162 <title>Creating a channel</title>
    163 
    164 <para>
    165 When you create a new channel, BitlBee will try to guess from its name which contacts to fill it with. For example, if the channel name (excluding the &amp;) matches the name of a group in which you have one or more contacts, the channel will contain all those contacts.
    166 </para>
    167 
    168 <para>
    169 Any valid account ID (so a number, protocol name or part of screenname, as long as it's unique) can also be used as a channel name. So if you just join &amp;msn, it will contain all your MSN contacts (as long as you have only one MSN account set up). And if you have a Facebook account set up, you can see its contacts by just joining &amp;facebook.
    170 </para>
    171 
    172 <para>
    173 To start a simple group chat, you simply join a channel which a name starting with #, and invite people into it. All people you invite have to be on the same IM network and contact list.
    174 </para>
    175 
    176 <para>
    177 If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the <emphasis>channel set</emphasis>.
    178 </para>
    179 
    180 </sect1>
    181 
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