On 2018-08-09 09:56:47 +0200 (+0200), Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> > [...]
> > It does indeed sound like you might be caught up in the
> > aforementioned SASL-only network blacklist (I wasn't even aware of
> > it until this ML thread) which Freenode staff seem to be using to
> >
Jeremy Stanley wrote:
[...]
It does indeed sound like you might be caught up in the
aforementioned SASL-only network blacklist (I wasn't even aware of
it until this ML thread) which Freenode staff seem to be using to
help block the spam onslaught from some known parts of the Internet.
[...]
Yes
On 2018-08-08 15:03:46 -0400 (-0400), 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" and then "/msg nickserv
> ..." a few times. I always got dumped and it said "You need to
> identify via SAS
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.
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:2
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 doin
I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but it's really not obvious, hence this
email.
I tried just "/connect chat.freenode.net" 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,
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
> chick
FWIW I struggled to get back onto IRC following the recent switch of
openstack channels to requiring registration. A big part of the problem is
I never learned "real IRC" (apart from anything else real IRC is entirely
banned where I work). So in case this is useful to anyone else in a similar
situa
