1 Title: Configuring SASL for Pidgin
4 If you have already added freenode as an account, skip to step
5.
6 1. Open
`Manage Accounts` (open by default when no accounts are configured, or press CTRL+A)
7 2. Click
`Add...` button
8 3. Select
`IRC` in protocol dropdown, enter
`chat.freenode.net` as
`Server`
9 4. Enter your freenode account name as
`Username`
10 5. Enter your freenode account password as
`Password` and tick
`Remember password`
11 6. Click on to the
`Advanced` tab
12 7. Change
`Port` to
`6697`, tick
`Use SSL` and
`Authenticate with SASL`
13 8. If this is a newly created Pidgin account, click
`Add` and pidgin will begin to connect
14 9. If this is an existing account, click
`Save`, then restart Pidgin for the SASL settings to take effect.