Bug 225790

Summary: /msg nickserv is obselete
Product: [Applications] konversation Reporter: jepong <jeffreyseguerra>
Component: generalAssignee: Konversation Developers <konversation-devel>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist CC: hein
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description jepong 2010-02-07 03:41:19 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.4.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

auto nick identification should be "/nickserv identify <password>" instead of "/msg nickserv identify <password>". 

Most server use the first one for nick authentication like DALnet.
Comment 1 Eike Hein 2010-02-07 14:53:59 UTC 
It's not obsolete. The bottom line is that authentication on IRC is not standardized and that there's a wide range of different variants among networks - some not even using nickserv at all. The auto-identify options in Konversation currently try to work with most common networks without going overboard on complexity.

DALnet actually recommends "/msg nickserv@services.dal.net identify" IIRC, and has been doing so for some years. So if you type "nickserv@services.dal.net" into the "Service" field of the auto-identify settings, it will send that and it will work fine.