<div dir="ltr">I just tried irssi on MacOS without any other stuff added to the config just a fresh install and I am able to talk to NickServ and appears I can register the nick if I so choose. Quite possible your IP or an IP along your path of talking to Freenode is blacklisted Chris.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:23 PM iain MacDonnell <<a href="mailto:iain.macdonnell@oracle.com" target="_blank">iain.macdonnell@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
According to:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1220409/irc-how-to-register-on-freenode-using-hexchat-when-i-get-disconnected-immediat" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://superuser.com/questions/1220409/irc-how-to-register-on-freenode-using-hexchat-when-i-get-disconnected-immediat</a><br>
<br>
there's a blacklist of source address ranges from which SASL auth/e is <br>
required.....<br>
<br>
~iain<br>
<br>
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On 08/08/2018 12:03 PM, Chris Morgan wrote:<br>
> I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but it's really not obvious, hence <br>
> this email.<br>
> <br>
> I tried just "/connect <a href="http://chat.freenode.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">chat.freenode.net</a> <br>
> <<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__chat.freenode.net&d=DwMFaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=RxYkIjeLZPK2frXV_wEUCq8d3wvUIvDPimUcunMwbMs&m=XitLUTp1htaMQO9yd3X4qTLgEaEKYUScTKuga61xBnM&s=hZAfF36UBBrPqqDYxYnjUXSWNOyfTga0P_lzOaA1Ax0&e=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__chat.freenode.net&d=DwMFaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=RxYkIjeLZPK2frXV_wEUCq8d3wvUIvDPimUcunMwbMs&m=XitLUTp1htaMQO9yd3X4qTLgEaEKYUScTKuga61xBnM&s=hZAfF36UBBrPqqDYxYnjUXSWNOyfTga0P_lzOaA1Ax0&e=</a>>" <br>
> and then "/msg nickserv ..." a few times. I always got dumped and it <br>
> said "You need to identify via SASL to use this server". Something like <br>
> that.<br>
> <br>
> If I don't connect first, then I just get "Not connected to server" when <br>
> I try to /msg nickserv<br>
> <br>
> chris<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:57 PM Jeremy Stanley <<a href="mailto:fungi@yuggoth.org" target="_blank">fungi@yuggoth.org</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fungi@yuggoth.org" target="_blank">fungi@yuggoth.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On 2018-08-08 14:43:33 -0400 (-0400), Chris Morgan wrote:<br>
> [...]<br>
> > What did not work for me is trying to msg nickserv from the<br>
> command-line<br>
> > IRC client (irssi). I can't send a message to nickserv without<br>
> connecting,<br>
> > and (it seems to me anyway) can't connect without a nickname.<br>
> Seems a bit<br>
> > chicken and egg to this IRC newbie.<br>
> [...]<br>
> <br>
> It's been a while since I used irssi personally (switched to weechat<br>
> some 5-6 years ago), but it should only have rejected your ability<br>
> to auto-join OpenStack official IRC channels until you<br>
> registered/identified and not prevented you from connecting to<br>
> Freenode. You only need to be in a server buffer and connected to be<br>
> able to `/msg nickserv ...` but don't need to be in any channels at<br>
> all so shouldn't be a chicken-and-egg scenario.<br>
> -- <br>
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