> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bug-mailutils- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Otto Maddox > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [bug-mailutils] Mailutils 0.6.1 - Problem with URL parsing? > > I'm using Mailutils 0.6.1 on Debian GNU/Linux. > > I think there is an issue with URL parsing, in that it seems not to handle > usernames with "@" in them (such usernames are becoming increasingly > common). > > $ mailx --tls -- > file=imap://[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mail.messagingengine.com > Cannot open mailbox > imap://[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mail.messagingengine.com: DNS name > resolution failed > > where "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is my username, and > "mail.messagingengine.com" is the server. This sort of problem happens > with other programs too, for example, movemail. > > Any comments or ideas? >
The '@' is an unsafe/reserve character for URL, I do not remember the complete list, see the RFC in the doc directory. You will need to encode the character '%xx' meaning '%' followed by two hexa digits. _______________________________________________ Bug-mailutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-mailutils
