Tickets :: Comment on [#1519] backslash must be doubled in password

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Comment	> Respectfully, I think the person who replied has misunderstood my report. > > > > IMP builds and sends an IMAP command when it tries to log me in. My > bug report concerns the fact that IMP builds the command wrongly. As > far as I can see, php's handling of backslashes is completely clean > and proper, and is not part of this bug report. > > > > As proof that PHP is correctly configured, I point out that I can > successfully use IMP to send myself email with tricky subjects ilke: > > test \\ of \ backslash > > > > The doubled backslash between "test" and "of" is properly preserved > in my email, and the single backslash between "of" and "backslash" is > also properly preserved. IMP's php code is doing the right thing. > > > > > > However, when I try to log in, the php code is doing the right thing, > but IMP constructs the login command incorrectly. A login command > must escape any backslashes in the password. This is specified in > RFC 2060, which is recommend reading for anyone who is trying to > write an IMAP client. Because IMP is not escaping the backslashes > when it constructs the IMAP login command, the command fails. If the > user is an IMAP guru who knows probably IMAP failure modes and know > that the protocol layer requires doubled backslashes, the user can > compensate for IMP's shortcomings... > > > > IMP should not require the user to be a guru, and should build > correctly-formatted password strings before trying to log in to the > server. > > > > > > Thank you > > Jacob Morzinski
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