Amiga.org IRC Chat

[Blomberg]

duesi wrote:
I'd like to connect to the amiga.org chat.
But mirc or Amirc tells me the following:

Must identify to your nickname to join an unmanaged channel...

Ok, first off, "Must identify to your nickname to join an unmanaged channel" means that there is no op present at the time, so you can only join the channel if you have a registered nickname.

To register your nickname with NickServ:

Join the channel (if you can  :-D )

Type /msg nickserv register password emailaddress
where "password" is a password of your choice and emailaddress is the email address you want to register it to (not a fake email, it sends instructions to your email address).

Then just follow the instructions, and you will be registered soon.

Then when you are done registering, every time you log on to the server, you must identify to your nickname by typing:
/msg nickserv identify password
where "password" is the one you chose earlier.
(Some clients have alias functions, so you can just type /nickserv ... or /ns ... instead of /msg nickserv ...)

This is a bit much to remember to type every time you log in, but most IRC clients have either an option to type in a list of commands to perfom automatically when you log in, (eg. mine is /nickserv identify password; /join #amiga.org) or an option to map the identifying to an F-key or something similar.

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Oh yes, and if you are already registered and still get this problem, it usually just means that you have to identify first and get a "Password accepted" before you try to join the channel  :-)

[Blomberg]

lempkee wrote:
why not just use webirc here? , like other cool websites has (like eab) , anyway i dont even know the server add or channel etc for amiga.org...

check eab for what system they use, its kinda cool and works good with ib 2.3 ..., anyway i use amirc more

Amiga.org's (the channel) webinterface is cgi based, but regardless of which method you use to connect to the channel, you'll still need to identify to your (registered) nickname, when the channel is op-less.
But it isn't op-less very often, or very long at a time  :-)

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Hmm, seems I misunderstood something there  :-?
Anyways ... we *do* have a webinterface - look at the main page under 'Extra Stuff' - there you'll also find the server and channel info  :-)
#amiga.org resides on irc.webchat.org port 6667