Re: problem with auth_imap - special character in the password

[Claudio Jeker <jeker@n-r-g.com>]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:00:31AM -0300, Andre Gerhard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> More about this issue:
> 
> I have observed that if the logins are done through the proxy, the quotes
> are omitted in the first login attempt, even if I had typed them.
> 
> So, if I do:
> 
> $ telnet localhost 143
> ...
> 01 login myuser "t8(w3!h"
> 01 NO Error in IMAP command received by server.
> 01 login myuser "t8(w3!h"
> 01 OK LOGIN Ok.
> 
> 
> In the myuser server (capturing the network session) I see
> 
> ...
> IMAP Request: 01 login myuser t8(w3!h
> IMAP Response: 01 NO Error in IMAP command received by server.
> IMAP Request: 01 login myuser "t8(w3!h"
> IMAP Response: 01 OK LOGIN Ok.
> 
> 
> The quotes vanishes in the first attempt, they are not included
> in the communication.
> 

I'll have a look at this. AFAIK auth_imap gets a unquoted password from
courier-imap. And passes that on unmodified.

-- 
:wq Claudio