_Added in 3.8_

*/protect [-lrw] <on|off|nick|address> [#channel1,#channel2,...] [type] [network]*

dd/remove/list users from the protect list.

/protect with no parameters shows [[$true]] if protect is enabled, otherwise [[$false]].

_See also [[$protect]], [[/aop]], [[/avoice]], [[$aop]], [[$avoice]]._

*Switches*

-l - Prints all protect users.
-r - Removes a address from the protect list. (if no address is specified, clears the protect list)
-w - Indicate the protect should be enabled on all networks.

*Parameters*

on - Turns protect on.
off - Turns protect off.
address - The address or nick to add/remove from the protect list.
[#channel1,#channel2,...] - List of channels to protect in.
[type] - A number representing a [[$mask]] to use. (if user is not found in the internal address list, a lookup is performed)
[network] - The network to protect in.

*Example*

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; Adds 'nick!nick@42.42.42.42' to the protect list on the channel '#channel'
/protect nick!nick@42.42.42.42 #channel

; Adds 'nick!*@*' to the protect list on any channel.
/protect nick

; Remove 'nick!nick@42.42.42.42' from the protect list.
/protect -r nick!nick@42.42.42.42

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