Tickets :: Comment on [#3778] log in when the username contains spaces

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Comment	> Fixed in HEAD and IMP 4.1.2. > > > > However, as noted in the comments in the code: > > We should use a literal string to send the username, but some > > IMAP servers don't support a literal string request inside of a > > literal string. Thus, use a quoted string for the username > > (which should probably be OK since it is very unlikely a > > username will include a double-quote character). > > > > i.e. we should be doing this: > > > > a001 LOGIN {3} > > + OK > > foo {3} > > + OK > > bar > > > > but certain IMAP implementations (i.e. up-imapproxy) don't support this: > > > > a001 login {e} > > + go ahead > > foo {3} > > a001 NO LOGIN failed > > > > Literal string requests MUST (per RFC 3501) be honored inside of a > literal string itself. up-imapproxy is broken and needs to be fixed. > I am going to send the devs a message and let them know about this. > As stated above, this shouldn't be critical because I don't know of a > single IMAP server or OS that allows double quotes in a username. > But theoretically this is possible.
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