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 2:23 PM iain MacDonnell <iain.macdonn...@oracle.com> wrote: > > 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 <fu...@yuggoth.org > > <mailto:fu...@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@lists.openstack.org > > <mailto:OpenStack-operators@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 <mihali...@gmail.com <mailto:mihali...@gmail.com>> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenStack-operators mailing list > > OpenStack-operators@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= > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > -- Kind regards, Melvin Hillsman mrhills...@gmail.com mobile: (832) 264-2646
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