MacOS, IRC – How to Register a Nickname on Freenode’s IRC Network Using Colloquy

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Proper newbie IRC question here: in order to access the #django IRC channel on freenode, I need to register a nickname with freenode.

freenode’s instructions for that are here:

It says to send a message like the following via IRC:

/msg nickserv register <password> <email>

I’m using Colloquy on the Mac. How can I send a message like that using Colloquy? I’m not clear on how I can send IRC messages without already being in an IRC channel, and obviously sending a message including my password in an IRC channel, with other people able to see it, doesn’t sound like a good idea.

Best Answer

you send it to a 'service', a special purpose bot. and you can send that message as soon as you are connected to the server.

  • click to "chat.freenode.org"
  • click 'console'
  • enter:
/nick yournick
/msg NickServ register yourpass yourmail