[ubuntu-us-nc] Freenode IRC Problems

[Moss Bliss]

Thanks, Mark.  You've been a big help.

Moss

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:14 PM, markthecarp <markthecarp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moss Bliss wrote:
> > K, now I'm hopelessly confused.  I just go just got given a new netbook,
> > and was about to setup Pidgin... and now there's another step to the
> setup?
> >
> > Please give us n00bs a step-by-step guide to get into this, or we may
> > never...
> >
>
> Well this is exactly what I was worried about. Hopefully link 2 or 3
> would be helpful.
>
> But with Pidgin...
> I'll turn it off now. Try to login and I'll try to find out how to
> register a nick in Pidgin.
>
> -mark
>
> > Hugs,
> > Moss
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:53 PM, markthecarp <markthecarp at gmail.com
> > <mailto:markthecarp at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi All,
> >
> >     The Freenode IRC network has been undergoing attacks by spam bots
> over
> >     the last week or so. The operators of the Freenode IRC network have
> >     recommended that channels (rooms) be set to +r or +R mode [1]. I am
> >     going to follow the recommendation of these folks mainly to insure
> that
> >     our team channel won't be used to propagate these attacks.
> >
> >     I'm going to set the channel mode to +r. [1]
> >     <snip>
> >     +r (block unidentified)
> >     This mode prevents users who are not identified with NickServ from
> >     joining the channel. Users will receive a server notice explaining
> this
> >     if they try to join.
> >     </snip>
> >
> >     What this means in a nutshell is that users will have to have a
> >     registered nickname with Freenode [2]. The original team IRC channel
> >     (#ubuntu-northcarolina) required this but I didn't set the new
> channel
> >     up that way to make things a little easier for new users. The channel
> >     was changed to come into compliance with the standards for approved
> >     teams. I will remove the +r on meeting days so that the
> >     webchat.freenode.net <http://webchat.freenode.net> link will work
> >     w/o requiring a registered nickname.
> >
> >     I hope this isn't too painful. Please feel free to ask away here or
> on
> >     the team forum [3] if you need help registering your nickname.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >     -mark
> >
> >     [1]http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml
> >     [2]http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup
> >     [3]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=541297
> >
> >
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