GNU bug report logs - #67589
Bug with rmail (Emacs 29.1) and movemail 3.16 when password starts with dash symbol

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rameiko87 <at> posteo.net
Cc: 67589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67589: Bug with rmail (Emacs 29.1) and movemail 3.16 when password starts with dash symbol
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 22:23:08 +0200

> Cc: 67589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 21:50:26 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:50:53 +0000
> > From: rameiko87 <at> posteo.net
> > 
> > My remote mailbox password starts with a dash. I cannot use rmail 
> > regardless to whether I store the password in my imaps:// URL or I 
> > insert the password when prompted, and escaping the dash does not help 
> > in either case.
> 
> Did you try to customize email-movemail-flags to give it the string
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sorry, I meant rmail-movemail-flags.

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