I need to use the client in a hostile network
Some hostile country might block our authentication/information servers or VPN servers.
To bypass the block, first log in from a friendly network with Remember enabled (Preferences / login form in the Legacy UI; or keep login / password in the profile for CLI). Eddie will save your credentials in the profile.
After that, launch Eddie on the hostile network without clearing those credentials.
If the client still fails (it tries to retrieve information from many different mirrors located in different countries), you are informed that you can still connect with the latest available information. In this case, the servers list may not be updated. The client will automatically search for a working server. At the first connection to any server, the client automatically updates other information (like the servers list itself).
This feature is also a safeguard if our authentication servers are under attack.