on [<modes>]general_notice [<serial#>] [-|^]<match> { <action> }

When you receive a notice from another person on irc or from a remote server, a general_notice event is thrown. If you do not catch the NOTICE from another person on irc or from a remote server. The default action for general_notice is to throw one of the encrypted_notice, notice, oper_notice, public_notice, or server_notice events, as the case may be.

You are not permitted to send a MSG or NOTICE, or any other thing that uses them within a general_notice handler. This is a design feature of irc to prevent messaging loops between clients.

Notices that are encrypted will not generate a general_notice event if the user has suppressed the on encrypted_notice event.

If you do not suppress this event…

• If this message is from a server, the client will throw an on server_notice event.
• If this message is sent to a channel you're on, the client will throw an on public_notice event.
• Otherwise, the client will throw an on notice event.