On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 01:32:41PM +0100, Deniz Dogan wrote:
> 2010/12/2 Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@no8wireless.co.nz>:
> > I'm afraid not.  As far as I can tell, the password parameter to the
> > `erc' function is for specifying the password for identifying to
> > NickServ *after* connecting, not the password needed to make the
> > server let you actually connect, which is what I need to do.
> 
> Where did you get that idea? I don't see any mentioning of NickServ in
> that document.

That's what erc does with the password I give it.  It uses it to
identify to nickserv, and when I gave it the "PASS" for the server, I
got the error I put in my initial post.

--Aidan