apparently there were some rule changes that i am unaware of. here is my situation:

i was using the channel #mp3quebec for about 3 years. but since yesterday i have real problems joining this channel and many other channels too.

i keep getting this message: #mp3quebec unable to join channel (address is banned)

i went to #mp3quebecaide, which is a help channel for #mp3quebec. there a guy with a nickname [T][K][L] explained me, that it is because of my local host, which is pacbell.net. (my internet provider is SBC Yahoo! DSL) he also told me that I have to register my nickname at http://cservice.undernet.org/live/

i've just did it, and I understand that I have to create "hotmask" for my username, but I do not know how to do it. i tried to use the template command: /msg x access <#channel> Test2K3, but i got the message:
* You are not on a channel
after that:

-> *x* access <#mp3quebec> myusername

and then:

-X- Sorry, You must be logged in to use this command.

I am completely lost and cannot understant how to access channels anymore. Is there some kind of tutorial or userguide where I can read how to access the channels?

P.S.: operator at #mp3quebecaide are really rude. kick you out in no time without really explaining things, and do comments "i have no time for blabbering here".

i have registered on http://cservice.undernet.org/live/ and i learned how to log in and set the +x mode on startup, the means that my local host is now masked. but I am still unable to join #mp3quebec channel. people in their helproom just don't reply. what should i do?

try it now...and besides I don't know what's up with that channel. Download files? ohhh. that's a crap.

Let me be precise, you are abusing the undernet aup and the server which is giving you right to connect to the undernet IRC network, I am sure there is something which says that Undernet does not support mp3 channels. So, why do you think we will help you join that channel ? And, we don't have anything with the operators in that channel, nor we want to. Indirect or direct help, you won't get it, at least not from me, and/or not from anyone who follows the undernet policy.

not a channel services topic, and also a channel we wont help with due to its illegal file sharing nature... topic moved