Re: Username Containing @ Symbol

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup Rmail. My service provider has given me the
> username "rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com". So, my username has the @
> symbol in it. I can't figure out how to make Rmail & Movemail work
> with this. If I write:
> (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list
> ("imap://rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com:pass@actual-imap-server.com"))
> .... Then Rmail thinks that everything from the first @ is the name of
> the mailserver.
>
> I've tried this too, which also doesn't work:
> (setq user-login-name "rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com"
>       rmail-remote-password "pass"
>       rmail-primary-inbox-list '("imap://actual-imap-server.com"))
>
> This problem doesn't affect sending mail with smtpmail, that
> works. Other mail programs work for receiving mail.
>
> I've tried both POP and IMAP since the server supports both.

(format "%s%%%02x%s" "rp" ?@ "robertthorpeconsulting.com")
--> "rp%40robertthorpeconsulting.com"


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