Username Containing @ Symbol

Username Containing @ Symbol

[Robert Thorpe]

Hello,

I'm trying to setup Rmail. My service provider has given me the username 
"rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com". So, my username has the @ symbol in it. 
I can't figure out how to make Rmail & Movemail work with this. If I write:
(setq rmail-primary-inbox-list 
'("imap://rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com:pass@actual-imap-server.com"))
.... Then Rmail thinks that everything from the first @ is the name of 
the mailserver.

I've tried this too, which also doesn't work:
(setq user-login-name "rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com"
       rmail-remote-password "pass"
       rmail-primary-inbox-list '("imap://actual-imap-server.com"))

This problem doesn't affect sending mail with smtpmail, that works. 
Other mail programs work for receiving mail.

I've tried both POP and IMAP since the server supports both.

Robert Thorpe

Re: Username Containing @ Symbol

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup Rmail. My service provider has given me the
> username "rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com". So, my username has the @
> symbol in it. I can't figure out how to make Rmail & Movemail work
> with this. If I write:
> (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list
> ("imap://rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com:pass@actual-imap-server.com"))
> .... Then Rmail thinks that everything from the first @ is the name of
> the mailserver.
>
> I've tried this too, which also doesn't work:
> (setq user-login-name "rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com"
>       rmail-remote-password "pass"
>       rmail-primary-inbox-list '("imap://actual-imap-server.com"))
>
> This problem doesn't affect sending mail with smtpmail, that
> works. Other mail programs work for receiving mail.
>
> I've tried both POP and IMAP since the server supports both.

(format "%s%%%02x%s" "rp" ?@ "robertthorpeconsulting.com")
--> "rp%40robertthorpeconsulting.com"


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Re: Username Containing @ Symbol

[Robert Thorpe]

> (format "%s%%%02x%s" "rp" ?@ "robertthorpeconsulting.com")
> --> "rp%40robertthorpeconsulting.com"

That at least gives me a different error, "Authentication Failed" now. 
Do you know if passwords can contain symbols in Rmail.

Thank you.

Re: Username Containing @ Symbol

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

>> (format "%s%%%02x%s" "rp" ?@ "robertthorpeconsulting.com")
>> --> "rp%40robertthorpeconsulting.com"
>
> That at least gives me a different error, "Authentication Failed"
> now. Do you know if passwords can contain symbols in Rmail.

You may apply the same encoding to the password field in urls.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__
http://www.informatimago.com/
"Le mercure monte ?  C'est le moment d'acheter !"