ICC Help: tell

Command:	tell
Usage:	tell <player> <text>
or:	tell <channel> <text>
Examples:	"tell John Hello, how are you?" -- says it to John
	"tell 3 Is there a simul today?" -- says it to everyone in channel 3

This is the basic command for chatting on ICC. You can use it to tell someone something personally, or to tell something to everybody in a numbered chat channel.

There's a shortcut once you start a conversation: you can use type ". <text>" to send that message to the same person you most recently sent a "tell" to. E.g.:

tell Darooha Just a minute, phone call... . Okay, I'm back.

When talking to a channel, the analagous abbreviation is ","

tell 50 Hello , How is everybody today? , I just learned how to use "tell".

You can turn off tells from a particular player with "+censor". "+censor john" turns off tells from john to you.

On Blitzin and some other interfaces, the F9 key provides a convenient way to reply to someone who sends you a tell. Also, on Blitzin there are several ways to set up a chat window, so that you can just type to chat. E.g. select someone's name on the console and right-click and select Chat. Or use Ctrl-Enter instead of just Enter when sending a tell.

See also: say, channels, lasttells, rude, kibitz, shout, messages, away, busy, censor