[ubuntu-us-nc] Freenode IRC Problems

[Zach Gibbens]

Follow steps 1 through 3 on http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup
then on step 4, pidgin uses a number, not an underscore for an alternate
nick
so if you want to use step 4 (a very good idea) instead of with the nick
foo, the alt nick is gonna be foo1
then down to step 6 for pidgin, goto accounts, then edit your freenode
account, in the password area, put your new password
(step 5 is only for older versions of xchat, never seen one old enough for
that step yet, step 7 is automated in pidgin as long as the above was done)

also, you need to use your real email address, memoserv sends messages &
other freenode services use it too.
also you'll get an email with a string that needs to be copied from that
email to a freenode window to activate the account


(I'll see if I can be a help of other irc clients too, also these steps work
for finch as well. I thought this might be useful since up till karmic,
pidgin has been the default client for a fair amount of time)

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Moss Bliss <zaivalananda at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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