How do I register a nickname on freenode’s IRC network, using Colloquy?

Question

Proper newbie IRC question here: in order to access the #django IRC channel on freenode, I need to register a nickname with freenode.

freenode’s instructions for that are here:

• http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup

It says to send a message like the following via IRC:

/msg nickserv register <password> <email>

I’m using Colloquy on the Mac. How can I send a message like that using Colloquy? I’m not clear on how I can send IRC messages without already being in an IRC channel, and obviously sending a message including my password in an IRC channel, with other people able to see it, doesn’t sound like a good idea.

Answer 1

you send it to a 'service', a special purpose bot. and you can send that message as soon as you are connected to the server.

• click to "chat.freenode.org"
• click 'console'
• enter:

/nick yournick
/msg NickServ register yourpass yourmail

Answer 2

You can simply goto http://webchat.freenode.net and use the web chat interface to register.