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- #!/bin/cat
- $Id: FAQ.Passwords_on_Windows.txt,v 1.5 2018/06/11 22:35:10 gilles Exp gilles $
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- Imapsync issues with passwords on Windows.
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- Related documentation:
- http://www.robvanderwoude.com/escapechars.php
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3288552/how-can-i-escape-an-exclamation-mark-in-cmd-scripts
- In case you're brave and relentless, understand and try this:
- http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1733
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- Q. On Windows, some passwords contain $ or other special characters
- like one more of the nine characters $%&<>|^"!
- Login fails.
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- R0. Change the password so that only normal characters remain.
- It's often a quick and good solution. If you care about
- strong password policy, just make it longer.
- If you can't avoid special characters use no problematic
- characters such as underscore _ or minus - or comma , or dot.
- If you can't change passwords then read on and good luck!
- R1. Enclose passwords between ""
- imapsync ... --password1 "zzz$zz$$z"
- R2. Prefix each $ character with a ^ since ^ is the escape character
- on Windows
- imapsync ... --password1 zzz^$zz^$^$z
- For a password that is exactly the 8 characters string $%&<>|^"
- you have to enter
- imapsync ... --password1 "$%%&<>|^"^"
- The exclamation mark ! does not have to be escaped sometimes,
- so have a try.
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- Q. On Windows, some passwords begin with an equal = character.
- Login fails. What can I do?
- R. Use twice equals == characters instead; For example, if =secret
- is the password then use:
- imapsync ... --password1 ==secret
- or even
- imapsync ... --password1 "==secret"
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