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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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rameiko87 <at> posteo.net

Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 18:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rameiko87 <at> posteo.net
Cc: 67589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67589: Bug with rmail (Emacs 29.1) and movemail 3.16 when
 password starts with dash symbol
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 19:05:24 +0200

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> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:48:49 +0000
> From: rameiko87 <at> posteo.net
> 
> Dear Eli,
> Thanks for your reply. I would attempt customizing rmail-movemail-flags 
> , however I'd like to first find a description for the -- flag for 
> movemail, which I couldn't find on the movemail doc. Any idea?

I assumed that "--" means "all that follows cannot be an option".
Since movemail is part of GNU Mailutils, I assumed that it behaves
like all the other GNU programs with respect to options.
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