I can set up a ban in the typing window by writing:
/mode #channelname +b *!*@*.aol.com
for example would ban any aol user, I think.
The ban shows up in the channel modes window after right clicking. But when I leave that channel where I am op I find the ban is removed, and is not there when I re-enter. I tried putting it in the options/perform menu on start up, but that does not seem to be having any effect. So the question is: how do I make the ban stay when I am not in the channel. This is a channel properly registered with ChanServ.