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[bug-mailutils] IMAP usernames sometimes need to contain "@"


From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Subject: [bug-mailutils] IMAP usernames sometimes need to contain "@"
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:55:36 +0800

Boy you mailutils guys really really blew it, perhaps.

You never guessed that the username might need to contain a "@", and be
independent of the hostname.

$ mail --file imaps://address@hidden:address@hidden
Cannot create mailbox imaps://address@hidden:address@hidden: Invalid port or 
service specification

So you need to put a workaround into
(info "(mailutils) Remote Mailboxes")

To prove that this really works, this works fine:
$ tail .getmail/getmailrc

[retriever]
server=homie.mail.dreamhost.com
type=SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever
port=993
address@hidden
password=MYPASS

More proof
https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215612887#Example_setup_using_a_secure_IMAP_connection



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