GNU bug report logs - #16946
24.3; Rmail behaviour with a username containing "@"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Thorpe <rt <at> robertthorpeconsulting.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 03:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #27 received at 16946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Thorpe <rt <at> robertthorpeconsulting.com>
Cc: 16946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16946: 24.3; Rmail behaviour with a username containing "@"
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:05:22 +0100

Robert Thorpe <rt <at> robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

> Now though, movemail keeps the URL encoding in the filename, it keeps
> the %40 and doesn't change it to @.  That solved that problem.

Ah, I see.

> 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.

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