Re: complex imap user name

[Francesco Mazzoli <f@mazzo.li>]

At Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:24:20 +0900,
Randy Bush wrote:
> i do a kinky ssh tunnel to get work mail.  they just changed the imap
> account names from userid to userid@dom.ain
> 
> i am trying
> 
>    %inbox:randy@dom.ain/clear@localhost:9993!
> 
> but am failing.  fwiw, t'bird is happy with the change.
> 
> messages sez
> 
> Checking "%inbox:randy@dom.ain/clear@localhost:9993!"
> Auto plugged off at dom.ain/clear@localhost:9993 :elmo-network-initialize-session
> byte-code: Cannot open: elmo-network-initialize-session
> Cannot open: elmo-network-initialize-session
> 
> i did try backslashing the @

You need quotes, for example

    %folder:"account@domain.com"/clear@imap.gmail.com:993!

works for me.  Se also the manual.

Francesco.