From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16946: 24.3; Rmail behaviour with a username containing "@" Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:08:24 +0000 Message-ID: <87h7oohqcn.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <87siqwcazb.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22829"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 16946@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 14 07:09:49 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1koh3J-0005jF-VG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:09:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49854 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koh3J-0002yF-1P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48750) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koh2c-0002Ih-TX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39329) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koh2c-0004Mj-MK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1koh2c-0007EV-HH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:09:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Robert Thorpe Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:09:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16946 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 16946-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16946.160792614227797 (code B ref 16946); Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16946) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Dec 2020 06:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50875 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1koh2b-0007EH-Hy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:09:01 -0500 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp01.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.7]:59078) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1koh2Y-0007E0-O8 for 16946@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:08:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail03.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.16]) by outbound-smtp01.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86DA8C4A25 for <16946@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:08:52 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: (qmail 23648 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2020 06:08:52 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO rt-inspiron-3480) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.76.74.4]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (AES256-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 14 Dec 2020 06:08:52 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87360hirm5.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:05:22 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:196028 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Robert Thorpe writes: > >> But, you still have to put in %40 when setting the username, and the >> Rmail manual doesn't mention that. Perhaps it should, I can write a >> patch for that if you want. > > Yes, that would be welcome. I made an edit to rmail.texi from the emacs-27 branch. I've attached the output of "diff -u" as instructed in "Sending Patches". I have not filed copyright assignment paperwork for Emacs. BR, Robert Thorpe --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline; filename=at_prob_diff.txt --- rmail.texi 2020-12-14 05:27:47.041314124 +0000 +++ nrmail.texi 2020-12-14 05:56:34.468029100 +0000 @@ -1591,6 +1591,8 @@ Otherwise, Rmail will ask you for the password to use. @end enumerate +On some mailservers the usernames include domain information, which can mean they contain the @code{@@} symbol. The inbox specifier string uses @code{@@} to signal the start of the mailserver name. This creates confusion for movemail. If your username contains @code{@@} and you're using Mailutils movemail then you can fix this. In the username replace @code{@@} with it's URL encoding @code{%40}. + @vindex rmail-movemail-flags If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @command{movemail}, set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you --=-=-=--