#gemini-pda IRC channel set to Registered users only due to spambots’ flood

[Varti]

Hi,

I’d just like to inform you that I have (temporarily)  changed the #gemini-pda IRC channel’s mode to +r (registered users only) since we are now experiencing a flood of spambots in the channel, making it hard to use it. The situation is now apparently back to normal, but as a side-effect only users with a nick registered to NickServ can now join the channel. The issue with the spambots is btw impacting all the Freenode servers:

https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack

We hope we’ll be able to find another solution in the meanwhile, to not have to limit the channel to registered users only.

Thank you for your understanding, we’ll keep you updated.

Varti

[petefoth]

[SOLVED]

Hi,

I’d just like to inform you that I have (temporarily)  changed the #gemini-pda IRC channel’s mode to +r (registered users only) since we are now experiencing a flood of spambots in the channel, making it hard to use it. The situation is now apparently back to normal, but as a side-effect only users with a nick registered to NickServ can now join the channel. The issue with the spambots is btw impacting all the Freenode servers:

https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack

We hope we’ll be able to find another solution in the meanwhile, to not have to limit the channel to registered users only.

Thank you for your understanding, we’ll keep you updated.

Varti

I am now getting the following message when I try to view the channel via https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#gemini-pda:matrix.org

You have been kicked from #gemini-pda by @appservice-irc:matrix.org.
Reason: IRC error on #gemini-pda: err_needreggednick

The message is repeated every time I try to rejoin the room. I can't find a way to register my nick. Can anyone provide any tips?

Thanks

Pete

I found the solution at https://opensource.com/article/17/5/introducing-riot-IRC (once I worked out that the password field in the identify message was the password I had set on freenode when I used it in my previous job, several years ago, not the password I had set for my riot.im account)