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<h1>Configuring SASL for Pidgin</h1>
<p>If you have already added Libera.Chat as an account, skip to step 5.</p>
<ol>
<li>Open <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Manage Accounts</code> (open by default when no accounts are configured,
or press CTRL+A)</li>
<li>Click <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Add...</code> button</li>
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<li>Enter your Libera.Chat account name as <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Username</code></li>
<li>Enter your Libera.Chat account password as <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Password</code> and tick
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<li>Click on to the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Advanced</code> tab</li>
<li>Change <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Port</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">6697</code>, tick <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Use SSL</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Authenticate with SASL</code></li>
<li>If this is a newly created Pidgin account, click <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Add</code> and pidgin will
begin to connect</li>
<li>If this is an existing account, click <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Save</code>, then restart Pidgin for the
SASL settings to take effect.</li>
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