From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   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 probably outdated, support is, I think, bundled, and exposed as a   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.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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