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2 xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
3 type="topic" style="task nocando"
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">
13 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
15 <credit type="author">
16 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
17 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
21 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
23 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
26 <title>Use a nickname password on IRC</title>
28 <p>On some IRC networks, you can register your nickname with a service called
29 NickServ. By sending special messages to NickServ, you can set your password
30 and identify yourself. Some IRC chat rooms may not allow you to join without
31 a registered nickname.</p>
33 <p><app>Empathy</app> does not currently support nickname registration. Some
34 IRC networks, however, will automatically forward a <em>server password</em> to
35 NickServ. On these networks, you can use the IRC password in <app>Empathy</app>
36 to identify yourself to NickServ. The popular FreeNode network is known to have
39 <p>To set an IRC server password:</p>
43 <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
44 <gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
47 <p>Select the IRC account from the list on the left of the dialog.</p>
51 In the <gui>Password</gui> field, type the password you used to register
56 <p>Click <gui>Apply</gui>.</p>
62 <p>These instructions only allow you to use a password-protected nickname
63 on certain IRC networks. It is not currently possible to register an IRC
64 nickname or change your nickname password using <app>Empathy</app>.</p>