Do people I use /whois
command on see it somehow, or is there a setting that lets them see? Is that possible on any client? If yes, how? I hope it isn't, I don't want people to see me stalking.
Can people on IRC get notified if I do /whois on them
irc
Best Answer
According to RFC 2812, section 3.6.2, concerning the
WHOIS
command:It says that the server will answer the command. Therefore, the client used and settings thereof have nothing to do with the behavior. The RFC says nothing about whether the server may do anything else (e.g. notify the target user anyway or log the event), so servers are allowed to do anything that does not violate the specification.
In practice, I haven't seen any servers that will notify a normal user that a
/whois
was done on them. It's still possible, however. That's still a property of the server, and no IRC client program can affect whether the server will create such notifications.