Joel, Why not try http://webchat.freenode.net or https://webchat.freenode.net? It looks like anything is possible with www.irccloud.com, including the one you mention: perhaps they want you to subscribe to a premium version.
Also, there are a number of clients listed here https://freenode.net/kb/answer/sasl and most are free; some are geared to Mac, I think. And pidgin is fine once you do the extra work I mentioned earlier. On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Joel Halpern <joel.halp...@ericsson.com> wrote: > There is one possibility that occurs to me. > > I use the free version of freenode. Not the premium version. Is it > possible that the needed capability is only part of the premium version? > > > > Yours, > > Joel > > > > *From:* vpp-dev@lists.fd.io <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> *On Behalf Of *Joel > Halpern > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 12:09 PM > *To:* Burt Silverman <bur...@gmail.com>; Thomas F Herbert < > therb...@redhat.com> > *Cc:* vpp-dev <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io>; Vanessa Valderrama < > vvalderr...@linuxfoundation.org>; Ed Warnicke <hagb...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [vpp-dev] IRC SPAM > > > > Let me add more details of what I am seeing. Maybe someone can tell me > what obvious thing I am doing wrong. > > > > I am using a Macbook pro with Chrome (68.0.3440.106 (official build) > (64-bit)). > > I am connecting to https://www.irccloud.com/irc/freenode/channel/... > > > > I have followed the registration procedure and it apparently work. I have > recorded the registration password separately from my freenode account > password. > > When I attempt to rejoin the set of #fdio channels that I have, I get > redirected to #lf-unregistered. > > There is no “Auth to Server” or similar button that I can see. I have > tried all of the tools buttons and menu pulldowns. > > I also tried what the answers page suggests, which is entering a /connect > command. I did my best to construct a suitable command, with my > registration user name and password. I get an error message saying that I > am not an admin. > > > > Help? > > Yours, > > Joel > > > > *From:* vpp-dev@lists.fd.io <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> *On Behalf Of *Burt > Silverman > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:24 AM > *To:* Thomas F Herbert <therb...@redhat.com> > *Cc:* vpp-dev <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> > *Subject:* Re: [vpp-dev] IRC SPAM > > > > Oh, for crying out loud, I finally figured out the issue with Pidgin -- it > is only user friendly after installing a hidden extra package of plugins -- > the Purple Plugin Pack -- and then enabling the correct plugin under the > Tools menu. Actually, only one plugin from the Purple Nurple Plugin Pack is > required -- Irchelper. > > > > A secondary issue -- it is NOT necessary to use SSL (and associated Port > 6697). With some platforms, like Windows, SSL only works if the certificate > is installed -- that does not happen when Pidgin is installed, for some > reason. So for simplicity, use port 6667, Authenticate with SASL, and Allow > plaintext SASL auth over unencrypted connection. > > > > Here is the issue that occurs when not using irchelper: Suppose I have > cleanly logged into freenode using webchat.freenode.net (or some other > client) and have set my Nickname to my Registered Nickname. So I can join > #fdio-vpp with no problems from the browser. Then, while logged in, I try > to use Pidgin to login. Now the log and debug messages from Pidgin DO NOT > show what is going on, but you will end up with a SASL authentication > failure. I am pretty certain the Pidgin client changes your name, like from > BurtSilverman to BurtSilverman1, because the nickname BurtSilverman is > being used elsewhere (the web client,) and then it stupidly tries to > authenticate BurtSilverman1. Obviously that won't work. > > > > If, on the other hand, you have installed and enabled the Irchelper > plugin, then you are given a place to enter your Auth name and Nick > password on the Advanced tab -- just like what you see when you click the > Auth to services button on the webchat client. You no longer enter your > Password on the Basic tab (although there is a place to enter it.) > > > > So you go here https://bitbucket.org/rekkanoryo/purple-plugin-pack and > you go to Downloads and get the correct version for your platform, or build > from source code. The zip file for Windows comes with a README. It has a > path error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\bin actually should be C:\Program > Files (x86)\Pidgin. Don't forget to enable the plugin in the Tools tab in > the GUI. > > > > Burt > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Thomas F Herbert <therb...@redhat.com> > wrote: > > See below: > > > > On 08/23/2018 03:49 PM, Burt Silverman wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > > > Although I don't need to use pidgin, my obsessive gene has kicked in: the > idea that it should work reliably, but does not for me -- can you give a > complete list of the connection settings -- the Basic and the Advanced > Settings -- perhaps with some commentary? Anyway, it seems that some things > get "cached" so that if one tries to put in good settings after using bad > settings -- it may not work out. I have tried it on Windows and on Ubuntu. > I guess it temporarily worked on Windows; I have no idea why. Thanks, Tom. > > These are my settings. > > Caveat: I have no idea about using a web client as I don't use it. Also, > there may be differences among clients as > I use pidgin and have been for some time on Fedora and previously on a Mac > but I don't remember the Mac version. > > Version: 2.13.0-1.fc27.x86_64 > Protocol: IRC > Username <...yours...> > Server irc.freenode.net > Password <...yours...> > Port: 6697 > Use SSL > Authenticate with SASL > > > > > > Burt > > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Thomas F Herbert <therb...@redhat.com> > wrote: > > More on using IRC... > > One of our colleagues had some trouble connecting today. > > I think we figured out that since freenode IRC now requires everyone to > authenticate and you are logging in with passwd authentication, you have to > connect through SSL but not all of the old ports will work with SSL. > > Mine works consistently on port 6697 with SSL. Some folks were using > legacy ports that no longer will work. > > I use Pidgin so I have no idea how this will affect those using the web > client. > > --Tom > > > > On 08/22/2018 02:39 PM, Thomas F Herbert wrote: > > > > > > On 08/22/2018 02:01 PM, Burt Silverman wrote: > > I registered and verified, but when I try to log in I always go to the > unregistered area. How do I log in now? The instructions are pretty useless > for a non SASL client user. > > I can only tell you my settings for irc. Hopefully it will help. > I use pidgin client. > > I log on with my username and password and it is set for SSL, and > authenticates with SASL. 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