content/kb/sasl/pidgin.md

   1 Title: Configuring SASL for Pidgin
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   4 If you have already added freenode as an account, skip to step 5.
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   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.