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$Id: FAQ.Passwords_on_Mac.txt,v 1.1 2020/02/12 11:25:48 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_Mac.txt
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Imapsync issues with passwords on Mac OS X.
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Q. On Mac, 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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CAVEAT: Be careful to use quotes and double-quotes characters encoded
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from the ASCII table. How to be sure of that?
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Mac OS X has a "use smart quotes" option. This is particularly handy
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when typesetting and the system automatically substitutes opening and
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closing quotes. It isn't handy when editing the imapsync command line.
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Disable "use smart quotes and dashes" in the Keyboard configuration,
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located in the "Text" tab. It will fix this unfortunate character
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transformation. You can put it back later.
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R2. Change the password in order to keep only f...ing normal characters,
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ie, alphanumerics like aAzZ-_09, and minus and underscore.
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Make it long and random if strong security is your concern.
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