72450 - If username contains a "@", Mozilla Mail adds the POP server to the name

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 34996

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Mario Mueller]

The username of my mail account is my eMail address. If I set this eMail in the
Mozilla Mail client as username and check the for my mail, Mozilla adds the POP3
server information to the username and sends a name like
"[e-mail]@pop.server.net" as username to the mail server. So I can't
connect to mail mail account with Mozilla.

This bug exists since Netscape Mail 3.0.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

I believe there is a release-note about this.

Solution: Add this to your prefs.js (or preferences.js):

user_pref("mail.allow_at_sign_in_user_name", true); 

Mozilla must not be running when you add and save the modification, or the
change will be overwritten.

Dup.

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

Comment 2

[esther]

verified as dup- to use please edit your prefs.js as indicated.  If doing so
still doesn't work please read the dup bug to see if there is a similiar case as
yours. 

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 110463 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***