Set irssi under debian to use freenode server

Very short manual on how to set up irssi to work with freenode servers. First, install irssi:

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sudo apt-get install irssi

Run:

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irssi

For freenode write:

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/connect holmes.freenode.net

Send register command for your {nickname} and add information about your {e-mail}:

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/msg nickserv register {nickname} {e-mail}

Copy and paste line, which you get from freenode registration server to your mailbox, to irssi. After that add freenode network:

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/network add freenode

Add what should be automaticali send to server after connecting, remember to correctly write your {nickname} and {password}, password will be stored in plain text:

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/network add -autosendcmd '^nick {nickname};/msg nickserv identify {password}' freenode

Auto-connect every time when irssi will be run:

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/server ADD -auto -network freenode holmes.freenode.net 6667

Channel autologin:

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/channel ADD -auto #debian freenode

After all we should save settings:

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/save

That’s all, enjoy!


Piotr Król
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