According to: https://superuser.com/questions/1220409/irc-how-to-register-on-freenode-using-hexchat-when-i-get-disconnected-immediat there's a blacklist of source address ranges from which SASL auth/e is required..... ~iain On 08/08/2018 12:03 PM, Chris Morgan wrote: > I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but it's really not obvious, hence > this email. > > I tried just "/connect chat.freenode.net > <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=>" > and then "/msg nickserv ..." a few times. I always got dumped and it > said "You need to identify via SASL to use this server". Something like > that. > > If I don't connect first, then I just get "Not connected to server" when > I try to /msg nickserv > > chris > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:57 PM Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org > <mailto:fungi at yuggoth.org>> wrote: > > On 2018-08-08 14:43:33 -0400 (-0400), Chris Morgan wrote: > [...] > > What did not work for me is trying to msg nickserv from the > command-line > > IRC client (irssi). I can't send a message to nickserv without > connecting, > > and (it seems to me anyway) can't connect without a nickname. > Seems a bit > > chicken and egg to this IRC newbie. > [...] > > It's been a while since I used irssi personally (switched to weechat > some 5-6 years ago), but it should only have rejected your ability > to auto-join OpenStack official IRC channels until you > registered/identified and not prevented you from connecting to > Freenode. You only need to be in a server buffer and connected to be > able to `/msg nickserv ...` but don't need to be in any channels at > all so shouldn't be a chicken-and-egg scenario. > -- > Jeremy Stanley > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators at lists.openstack.org > <mailto:OpenStack-operators at lists.openstack.org> > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.openstack.org_cgi-2Dbin_mailman_listinfo_openstack-2Doperators&d=DwMFaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=RxYkIjeLZPK2frXV_wEUCq8d3wvUIvDPimUcunMwbMs&m=XitLUTp1htaMQO9yd3X4qTLgEaEKYUScTKuga61xBnM&s=pOs2IpLof7IqciYxf2K2rTsQ9jqCKkIAlL_mvXqqCDo&e=> > > > > -- > Chris Morgan <mihalis68 at gmail.com <mailto:mihalis68 at gmail.com>> > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators at lists.openstack.org > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.openstack.org_cgi-2Dbin_mailman_listinfo_openstack-2Doperators&d=DwIGaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=RxYkIjeLZPK2frXV_wEUCq8d3wvUIvDPimUcunMwbMs&m=XitLUTp1htaMQO9yd3X4qTLgEaEKYUScTKuga61xBnM&s=pOs2IpLof7IqciYxf2K2rTsQ9jqCKkIAlL_mvXqqCDo&e= >