IRC and "BitchX??"

Greetings; been reading and studying Internet Relay Chat and think I
have a basic knowledge about it but one problem escapes me that
several tutorials, FAQ', readme's and books haven't mentioned yet.
www.irchelp.org has several files but I see no mention of
"registering" anywhere, unless my eyes are worse than I thought..


With everything setup per the above and invoking BitchX; the bundled
Slackware, 2.4.29, IRC client, the status line reports:
" Nickname not registered yet."

For the life of me I can't seem to find out how, where, what, when
to "register" my selected nickname.. Am I missing something simple??

Invoking BitchX sans a server entry; the program scrolls thru many
irc server sites but nothing really happens because of that register
report.. At least /quit works... TIA..

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Hal - in Terra Alta, WV/US - Slackware GNU/Linux 10.1 (2.4.29)
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Re: IRC and "BitchX??"

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Hello,

Registering is not related to the software you are using. IRC servers provi=
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nick registering services so that you can password-protect your nick, and=20
other people won't be able to use it without your password. Also, some=20
networks allow only registered users to send private messages, and some=20
channels won't let unregistered users join, in an effort to help to prevent=
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spam.

I hope this helps a bit=20


Em Segunda 18 Setembro 2006 17:35, Hal escreveu:
> Greetings; been reading and studying Internet Relay Chat and think I
> have a basic knowledge about it but one problem escapes me that
> several tutorials, FAQ', readme's and books haven't mentioned yet.
> www.irchelp.org has several files but I see no mention of
> "registering" anywhere, unless my eyes are worse than I thought..
>
>
> With everything setup per the above and invoking BitchX; the bundled
> Slackware, 2.4.29, IRC client, the status line reports:
> " Nickname not registered yet."

=2D-=20
Diego Lima
http://sg.homelinux.com:81

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