From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   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   probably outdated, support is, I think, bundled, and exposed as a   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   
      
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