Re: Problem logging in

[Martin Blais <blais@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> 
> > B2 LOGIN blais PASSWORD
> 
> Client bug. That should be:
> 
>   B2 LOGIN blais "PASS WORD"
> 
> Using whitespace in your password is asking for trouble. More than one client
> and server out there have problems dealing with that.

Thanks.  I found it.  When gnus asks me for my password, if I enter it with
quotes around it it works.  I guess this is a bug in imap.el (it should
generate the quotes itself).  The space[s] in my password don't seem to bother.



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