How to register your nickname with Freenode

by Alex Limi — last modified Jan 23, 2010 01:20 AM
Freenode (the network that the Plone support channel is hosted on) is currently under an attack by spammers. To avoid this, we temporarily have to register your nickname before we can see anything you type.

This is how you register your nickname:

  1. Pick a nickname, and connect. Make sure you have a nickname that you can remember the next time you log in. If you want to change it after you have connected already, type /nick YourNewNickname
  2. Type /msg nickserv register YourPassword you@example.com into the text box of the chat — including the slash at the beginning, and replace the password and email address with something you select.
  3. Type /msg nickserv register YourNickName YourPassword

Every time you log in later, you will have to issue the command /msg nickserv register YourNickName YourPassword before we can see what you're typing.

This situation will last until the Freenode servers have been upgraded, on Jan 30, 2010. We apologize for the inconvenience.

— The Plone Team