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Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone??

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Daniel70 wrote:
> On 1/01/2026 10:53 pm, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 1/01/2026 10:27 pm, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>> On 2026-01-01, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy New Year, everybody.
>>>>
>>>> When I log into the #SeaMonkey IRC Chn, I usually get a listing of all
>>>> those who are connected to that Chn.
>>>>
>>>> Over the last few days, that has not been happening and, indeed, today
>>>> I've noticed that there is, apparently, no-one connected.
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting a message .... "[INFO] This channel requires that you have
>>>> registered and identified yourself with the network's nickname
>>>> registration services (e.g. NickServ). Please see the documentation of
>>>> this network's nickname registration services that should be found in
>>>> the MOTD (/motd to display it)."
>>>>
>>>> .... but, when I read the MOTD, there is nothing there that would seem
>>>> to correct anything.
>>>>
>>>> Am I the only one being effected ... or are others effected as well??
>>>
>>> There was a spam attack on Libera.chat a few days ago [1], and the
>>> #SeaMonkey channel was modified so that you need a "registered nick" to
>>> join.
>>>
>>> In networks like Libera, with "services" (which is not always the case
>>> on IRC in general, but is frequent), this is done by registering with
>>> NickServ, and seems to require an e-mail address (I'm not sure if this
>>> was always the case with Libera or not).
>>>
>>> The MOTD really seems to lack the relevant information, I'll
>>> double-check that. Libera has a guide on this on the web, at [2].
>>>
>>> Do note that the Libera guide for SASL authentication in Chatzilla is
>>> probably outdated, support is, I think, bundled, and exposed as a
>>> checkbox in Chatzilla preferences, after which it will prompt you for
>>> the password. For me it stores the password in the SeaMonkey password
>>> manager, but, if you use this, please report whether that does work, as
>>> there have been reports of different behaviour.
>>>
>>> [1] https://ircbot.comm-central.org:8080/seamonkey/20251224
>>> [2] https://libera.chat/guides/registration
>>>
>> Thanks for the detailed response, Nuno.
>>
>> I'll look at your second ref and see how I go.
> 
> Hmm!! Well, I tried .... the list of names is still empty (not even mine 
> shows) .... and each time I post, I'm told "#SeaMonkey Cannot send to 
> nick/channel" .... whatever that means.

Try again. I set the channel to -r. Spam attack from the 24th is over but you 
still might need SASL checked in settings and a registered nick.

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  Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-01 11:27 +0000
    Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-01-01 22:53 +1100
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