GNU bug report logs - #34458
27.0.50; Gnus's nnimap truncates password

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Amin Bandali <bandali <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 34458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Amin Bandali <bandali <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34458: 27.0.50; Gnus's nnimap truncates password
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:04:46 +0200

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

> Amin Bandali <bandali <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> It seems that when the combined length of username + password for an
>> imap login exceeds certain length, nnimap tries to log into the server
>> with a truncated password.
>
> I've looked at the code, and I can't see where it would be truncating
> the password...

Unless you're using CRAM-MD5 as the auth method, but then you wouldn't
see the password at all on the server side, I guess...

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