Recently unable to "/join #cygwin-developers"

[Takashi Yano]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 13:10:23 -0800
Mark Geisert wrote:
> Hi Takashi,
> 
> On 1/1/2026 4:30 AM, Takashi Yano wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> > 
> > On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:43:15 -0800
> > Mark Geisert wrote:
> >> All is well, sorry for any noise.
> >> Happy New Year,
> > 
> > How did you solve the issue? I have the same problem.
> 
> Sorry for omitting the info; I thought only I had run into the problem.
> I googled the message and was led to libera's help page
> https://libera.chat/guides/registration
> 
> Basically NickServ is an authenticator and you send a couple messages to 
> it (with /msg NickServ) and it sends an email to you that you use to 
> complete authentication.
> 
> Let me know if you have any difficulty with this.  Same goes for anybody 
> else reading this.  Private email to me is OK for this purpose.

Thanks! IRC works again now
...except that I have to log in to the server every time
I start the IRC client.

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>