From 65405174f342f22bf0799790f652a89a29f2afbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uditha Atukorala <ua@nuked.zone>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:09:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] client: option to set local name with starttls

---
 client.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 21d265cf..e2226ed2 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -127,6 +127,22 @@ func NewClientStartTLS(conn net.Conn, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (*Client, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
+// NewClientStartTLSWithLocalName is same as NewClientStartTLS, with the option to provide
+// a client identifier (local name) to when initiating the connection.
+func NewClientStartTLSWithLocalName(conn net.Conn, tlsConfig *tls.Config, localName string) (*Client, error) {
+	if err := validateLine(localName); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	c := NewClient(conn)
+	c.localName = localName
+	if err := initStartTLS(c, tlsConfig); err != nil {
+		c.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
 func initStartTLS(c *Client, tlsConfig *tls.Config) error {
 	if err := c.hello(); err != nil {
 		return err