Nevermind. I get it now.
Is there a known problem with @ in IMAP passwords?
Jeff Blaine wrote:
> Why is 'cyrus' not being used as the user below?
>
> bin:imap> ./imtest -u cyrus -v -m login
> WARNING: no hostname supplied, assuming localhost
>
> S: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN
> SASL-IR] imap.foo.com Cyrus IMAP v2.x server ready
> Please enter your password:
> C: L01 LOGIN jblaine {8} <-------------------------
> S: + go ahead
> C: <omitted>
> S: L01 NO Login failed: generic failure
> Authentication failed. generic failure
> Security strength factor: 0
> ^CC: Q01 LOGOUT
> Connection closed.
> bin:imap> sudo ./imtest -u cyrus -v -m login
> WARNING: no hostname supplied, assuming localhost
>
> S: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN
> SASL-IR] imap.foo.com Cyrus IMAP v2.x server ready
> Please enter your password:
> C: L01 LOGIN root {8} <----------------------------
> S: + go ahead
> C: <omitted>
> S: L01 NO Login failed: generic failure
> Authentication failed. generic failure
> Security strength factor: 0
> ^CC: Q01 LOGOUT
> Connection closed.
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> Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/
> Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki
> List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
>
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