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.TH man 1 "2025-08-22" "0.15.0" "Profanity XMPP client"
.SH NAME
/connect
.SH DESCRIPTION
Login to a chat service. If no account is specified, the default is used if one is configured. A local account is created with the JID as it's name if it doesn't already exist. In case you want to connect to a server via SASL ANONYMOUS (c.f. XEP-0175) you can also do that.
.SH SYNOPSIS
/connect [<account>]
.LP
/connect <account> [server <server>] [port <port>] [tls force|allow|trust|legacy|disable] [auth default|legacy]
.LP
/connect <server>
.LP
.SH ARGUMENTS
.PP
\fB<account>\fR
.RS 4
The local account you wish to connect with, or a JID if connecting for the first time.
.RE
.PP
\fBserver <server>\fR
.RS 4
Supply a server if it is different to the domain part of your JID.
.RE
.PP
\fBport <port>\fR
.RS 4
The port to use if different to the default (5222, or 5223 for SSL).
.RE
.PP
\fB<server>\fR
.RS 4
Connect to said server in an anonymous way. (Be aware: There aren't many servers that support this.)
.RE
.PP
\fBtls force\fR
.RS 4
Force TLS connection, and fail if one cannot be established, this is default behaviour.
.RE
.PP
\fBtls allow\fR
.RS 4
Use TLS for the connection if it is available.
.RE
.PP
\fBtls trust\fR
.RS 4
Force TLS connection and trust server's certificate.
.RE
.PP
\fBtls legacy\fR
.RS 4
Use legacy TLS for the connection. It means server doesn't support STARTTLS and TLS is forced just after TCP connection is established.
.RE
.PP
\fBtls disable\fR
.RS 4
Disable TLS for the connection.
.RE
.PP
\fBauth default\fR
.RS 4
Default authentication process.
.RE
.PP
\fBauth legacy\fR
.RS 4
Allow legacy authentication.
.RE
.SH EXAMPLES
/connect
.LP
/connect odin@valhalla.edda
.LP
/connect odin@valhalla.edda server talk.google.com
.LP
/connect freyr@vanaheimr.edda port 5678
.LP
/connect me@localhost.test.org server 127.0.0.1 tls disable
.LP
/connect me@chatty server chatty.com port 5443
.LP
/connect server.supporting.sasl.anonymous.example
.LP
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