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4 id="irc-nick-password">
7 <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
9 <link type="seealso" xref="account-irc"/>
10 <desc>Protect your nickname to prevent other IRC users from using it.</desc>
11 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
12 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review">
14 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
17 <credit type="author">
18 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
19 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
22 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
27 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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33 <title>Use a nickname password on IRC</title>
35 <p>On some IRC networks, you can register your nickname with a service called
36 NickServ. By sending special messages to NickServ, you can set your password
37 and identify yourself. Some IRC chat rooms may not allow you to join without
38 a registered nickname.</p>
40 <p><app>Empathy</app> does not currently support nickname registration. Some
41 IRC networks, however, will automatically forward a <em>server password</em> to
42 NickServ. On these networks, you can use the IRC password in <app>Empathy</app>
43 to identify yourself to NickServ. The popular freenode network is known to have
46 <p>To set an IRC server password:</p>
50 <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
51 <gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
54 <p>Select the IRC account from the list on the left of the dialog.</p>
58 In the <gui>Password</gui> field, type the password you used to register
63 <p>Click <gui style="button">Apply</gui>.</p>
69 <p>These instructions only allow you to use a password-protected nickname
70 on certain IRC networks. It is not currently possible to register an IRC
71 nickname or change your nickname password using <app>Empathy</app>.</p>