Re: [Evolution] asterisks and percent signs in passwords

2007-12-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
Jason Anderson wrote: > My password contains a percent sign and an asterisk. Both of these symbols > seem to cause login errors with IMAP and PLAIN authentication. Some sniffing > reveals a simple password "ab" is sent like so: > >C1 LOGIN jasona ab >C1 NO Login failed. > > A pe

[Evolution] asterisks and percent signs in passwords

2007-12-13 Thread Jason Anderson
My password contains a percent sign and an asterisk. Both of these symbols seem to cause login errors with IMAP and PLAIN authentication. Some sniffing reveals a simple password "ab" is sent like so: C1 LOGIN jasona ab C1 NO Login failed. A percent sign causes the password to be