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$Id: FAQ.Passwords_on_Unix.txt,v 1.6 2019/04/02 17:19:21 gilles Exp gilles $
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This document is also available online at
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/FAQ.Passwords_on_Unix.txt
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Imapsync issues with passwords on Unix.
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2019-07-03 01:25:47 +02:00
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Q. On Unix, some passwords contain some weird *(),;&~ characters.
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Login fails.
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R1. Enclose the password within single-quotes in the imapsync
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command line:
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imapsync ... --password1 'passw*(),;&rd~'
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R2. If R1 fails, with very old imapsync or old Mail::IMAPClient Perl module,
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try also using double-quotes within single-quotes. It will enclose
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the password within double-quotes in the imap LOGIN command:
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imapsync ... --password1 '"passw*(),;&rd~"'
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2019-07-03 01:25:47 +02:00
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Old Mail::IMAPClient 3.37 is a bad horse having this issue solved
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by this double-quotes trick.
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fixed in 3.38 https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Mail-IMAPClient
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version 3.38: Tue Feb 9 02:48:21 UTC 2016
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- rt.cpan.org#110273: failure to quote password values
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(regression introduced in 3.36 via fix for rt.cpan.org#100601)
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R3. Change the password to keep only f...ing normal characters.
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Make it long and random if strong security is your concern
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