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27.0.50; Gnus's nnimap truncates password

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From: Amin Bandali <bandali <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 34458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34458: 27.0.50; Gnus's nnimap truncates password
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 14:32:20 -0400

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

[...]

>
> Is it possible that the server is truncating the password (before
> logging it, even)?  What IMAP server are you using?

I don’t think so…?  I use a local dovecot with a fairly typical
configuration [0], with sha512 of passwords stored in a separate file.

[0]: https://git.sr.ht/~bandali/dotfiles/tree/b1ed9ee8a3c507dd26df3d884fb0e15daef7da99/rc.org#L23


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

[...]

>
> 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...

Right.  As far as I know, I am not.  I have been meaning to try and
edebug nnimap-login, but I’ve been super busy with school work lately,
and have barely had any free time.

Have you tried reproducing this on your end?

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