61968 - email user names with '@' are truncated

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

[Jason Duell]

My POP3 user name is '[e-mail]'. I can't log in correctly, and
when I actually look at the TCP/IP stream, I can see that Mozilla is only
sending 'jason'. It looks like it's getting truncated by the mail backend.

I'm using nightly build for linux-386 from Dec 3rd 2000.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

The workaround is to edit the address manually in prefs.js (or preferences.js)
To make a mail-account name with a @ work, add this line:

user_pref("mail.allow_at_sign_in_user_name", true);

There is a bug filed about getting preferences backend work all on it's own.
(bug 53970 "Make username with "@" work without editing prefs.js file")

The issue was release-noted, so resolving this bug as invalid.
Please add comments in bug 53970 if you feel the matter urgent.

Comment 2

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Seth fixed this bug a week or so ago, and Karen verified it.  VERIFIED.