I find this irritating as well. All accounts have a log in procedure. It is only IRC that has a chat window opened, but it is a clearly defined procedure where Empathy gives a password in response to a chat message. Empathy is already doing something special with these messages from NickServ, so I don't see why it shouldn't close the chat window after the 'You are now identified for <username>' message.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825775 Title: Siliencing NickServ/ChanServ Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When using Empathy for IRC, logging on brings up 'spammy' messages from the NickServ and ChanServ systems. It's very annoying to have two 'non-chats' open up. I would like to file this as an annoyance and ask if there is any other way to have them treated (at least at startup) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/825775/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp