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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.

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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
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  • Ah! Yes, once I’m connected to the server, the “Message User” icon in Colloquy is enabled. I sent register <password> <email> to the user nickserv, and it worked. Cheers!
    – Paul D. Waite
    Dec 9, 2010 at 18:02
  • or that way, i had to install that client. real men use irssi :)
    – akira
    Dec 9, 2010 at 18:04
  • ok. That is fine. I have registered my nickname. But how can I get the registered nickname when I login to webchat.freenode.net irc?
    – Cool
    Dec 30, 2013 at 18:39
  • @ARUN: you fill out the form on webchat.freenode.net, it's all there.
    – akira
    Dec 31, 2013 at 5:48
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    @akira was meaning in general, I found it though :) /msg nickserv identify AccountName Your-Password
    – Karl Morrison
    Mar 28, 2014 at 13:11
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You can simply goto http://webchat.freenode.net and use the web chat interface to register.

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