gives you the benefit of having all your nicks covered by the same cloak, should you choose to wear a cloak. The exception to this is where you might want to
run a bot. You should register a separate account for your bot.
-4. Configure your client to identify itself to NickServ automatically whenever it connects to freenode so that it's less likely you'll connect to the network
- without being identified to NickServ. The easiest approach is to specify your NickServ password as a server password. If your client supports server
- password, please set this up as accountname:password. Make sure to include the colon. This will allow you to identify to your services account on connect,
- regardless of the nickname you are using when you connect. For example: /connect chat.freenode.net 6667 mquin:uwhY8wgzWw22-zXs.M39p
-
-
Logging In
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You'll need to log in to your nickname each time you reconnect to freenode.
The simplest, and most robust, way to do this is to configure [SASL](kb/using/sasl), if your client supports it. If not, you can supply your login details, in
-the form `<account>:<password>`, as a server password and they will be forwarded to NickServ when you finish connecting.
+the form `<account>:<password>`, as a server password and they will be forwarded to NickServ when you finish connecting. For example:
+
+ /connect chat.freenode.net 6667 mquin:uwhY8wgzWw22-zXs.M39p
Nickname Expiry
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