56504 - "@" in usernames does not work

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 34996

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[Andreas Buschka]

I have a POP account that has a @ in it. Even if I enter my password correctly,
I cannot log on to my POP3 server (wrong username or password).

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

This is a dup of bug 34996, now marked fixed.
There is a way to fix this manually:
Add this line to your user preferences.js (or prefs.js)

user_pref("mail.allow_at_sign_in_user_name", true);

There is bug 53970 filed on the need to make this an easily reachable
preference. ("Make username with "@" work without editing prefs.js file)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 34996 ***

Comment 2

[laurel]

Marking verified as a duplicate.