#1580 Nickserv Password doesn't accept passwords with spaces

[g0to]

Xchat version : 2.8.8

After introducing a password which contains spaces in the "Nickserv Password" field under "Xchat" -> "Network List..." Select (highlight) a network and push "Edit..." Xchat fails to identify correctly the user although executing "/msg NickServ IDENTIFY account password" manually with the same password works.

Could you please take a look at the problem and release a fix?

Thanks a lot and keep it up!
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[g0to]

After some code reviewing and some help from #xchat on Freenode (thanks, sacarasc):

Xchat is sending "/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <what's in the 'NickServ Password' box>" to the server. So if you enter any space in that box, some networks will assume that you are sending the command "/msg NickServ IDENTIFY account password", taking the first portion of the password, till the first space, as your account name.

How to fix this issue manually: enter your account name before your password in the "NickServ Password" box like this "<account> <password with spaces>"

It would be great, anyway, finding a workaround for fixing this from Xchat.
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[CaioAlonso]

Is there a particular reason not to default to using "/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <account> <what's in the password field>"? Are there networks that don't support this format?

[g0to]

caioalonso,

Rizon can serve as an example of network which doesn't accept that format:
/msg NickServ HELP identify
>NickServ< HELP identify
-NickServ- Syntax: IDENTIFY password
-NickServ-
-NickServ- Tells NickServ that you are really the owner of this
-NickServ- nick. Many commands require you to authenticate yourself
-NickServ- with this command before you use them. The password
-NickServ- should be the same one you sent with the REGISTER
-NickServ- command.

In contrast to, for example, Freenode:
>NickServ< HELP identify
-NickServ- ***** NickServ Help *****
-NickServ- Help for IDENTIFY:
-NickServ-
-NickServ- IDENTIFY identifies you with services so that you
-NickServ- can perform general maintenance and commands that
-NickServ- require you to be logged in.
-NickServ-
-NickServ- Syntax: IDENTIFY <password>
-NickServ-
-NickServ- You can also identify for another nick than you
-NickServ- are currently using.
-NickServ-
-NickServ- Syntax: IDENTIFY <nick> <password>
-NickServ-
-NickServ- Example:
-NickServ- /msg NickServ IDENTIFY foo
-NickServ- /msg NickServ IDENTIFY jilles foo
-NickServ- ***** End of Help *****

Thanks for your input ;)