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$Id: FAQ.Passwords_on_Unix.txt,v 1.3 2019/01/10 13:27:28 gilles Exp gilles $

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              Imapsync issues with passwords on Unix.
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Q. On Unix, some passwords contain some *(),;& characters. Login fails.

R1. Enclose the password within single-quotes in the imapsync
    command line:

    imapsync ... --password1 'passw*(),;&rd'

R2. If R1 fails, with very old imapsync or old Mail::IMAPClient Perl module,
    try also using double-quotes within single-quotes. It will enclose
    the password within double-quotes in the imap LOGIN command:

    imapsync ... --password1 '"passw*(),;&rd"'


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