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

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Daniel70 wrote:
> On 1/01/2026 11:43 pm, Nuno Silva wrote:
>> On 2026-01-01, 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 probably outdated, support is, I think, bundled, and exposed as a 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.
>>
>> Did you try to join again afterwards?
> 
> See my reply to frg just now ..... I can get onto the channel so things
> are improving.
> 
>> With +r, you are barred from joining, but ChatZilla retains the view
>> open (probably good, as otherwise you'd not see the message about
>> needing to be registered and identified). And even if registered and
>> identified, that is what you get when you try to message the channel
>> without having joined (because of a separate mode, +n -- this is a
>> thing because in IRC you don't have to be in a channel to send a
>> message to it).
>>
>> If joining again (issuing "/JOIN #SeaMonkey" or right click on the tab and 
>> choosing "Rejoin #SeaMonkey") doesn't work, I was going to say that I don't 
>> recall whether the registration command also authenticates or if you have to 
>> issue IDENTIFY separately, or
>> whether the e-mail validation code is required for this. But frg has
>> just removed the +r mode from the channel, so right now it should
>> work again even without identifying to NickServ.
>>

Looks like libera is back to normal and sasl no longer needed.

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Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-01-01 19:09 +1100
  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
      Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-01-01 23:11 +1100
        Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? frg <frgrahl@gmx.net> - 2026-01-01 13:33 +0100
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            Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2026-01-02 11:57 +0100
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          Re: Is the SeaMonkey IRC channel working for anyone?? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-01-02 19:48 +1100
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