Opt Roles
Opt roles a roles that users can opt into (as the name suggests). This is designed so if you you have a notification role for pings and you want user to chooses wether or not to get pings.
You can also optionally set them up so a user requires a separate role to get the opt role. You can use this with point roles.
Adding an opt role
To add an opt role, execute the following command:
setup add optrole [optRoleBaseName] [RoleToAssignName] [?RequiredRoleName]`
So for example, if you want an announcements role you would do:
setup add optrole Announcements AnnouncementsPing
And then your users can do the following command:
role Announcements
Removing an opt role
To remove an opt role, execute the following command:
setup remove optrole [OptRoleName]
So for the example in adding an opt role, you would do:
setup remove optrole Announcements