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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="topic" style="task nocando"
id="irc-nick-password">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="account-irc"/>
<desc>Protect your nickname to prevent other IRC users from using it.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review">
<!--
<e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
-->
</revision>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-->
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Use a nickname password on IRC</title>
<p>On some IRC networks, you can register your nickname with a service called
NickServ. By sending special messages to NickServ, you can set your password
and identify yourself. Some IRC chat rooms may not allow you to join without
a registered nickname.</p>
<p><app>Empathy</app> does not currently support nickname registration. Some
IRC networks, however, will automatically forward a <em>server password</em> to
NickServ. On these networks, you can use the IRC password in <app>Empathy</app>
to identify yourself to NickServ. The popular FreeNode network is known to have
this feature.</p>
<p>To set an IRC server password:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
<gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select the IRC account from the list on the left of the dialog.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
In the <gui>Password</gui> field, type the password you used to register
your nikcname.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui>Apply</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note>
<p>These instructions only allow you to use a password-protected nickname
on certain IRC networks. It is not currently possible to register an IRC
nickname or change your nickname password using <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
</note>
</page>
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