Re: [Mutt] #3240: mutt show false account info while login
#3240: mutt show false account info while login
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Reporter: antonio@xxxxxxxx | Owner: brendan
Type: defect | Status: accepted
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: patch
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Changes (by brendan):
* owner: mutt-dev => brendan
* status: new => accepted
Comment:
There may be a bug here in login support, but I think there is also a
misunderstanding of `$imap_login`. SASL supports two kinds of ID, user and
login. In IMAP, the user designates the owner of the mailbox you are
accessing (INBOX), but login indicates the account you're using to log in
(naturally enough). This is to support, for example, administrative
assistants accessing the mailboxes of users they support (their
`imap_login` would be their own account in this case).
So in this bug, since you've set `imap_login` to `michelle.konzack`, you
should indeed be prompted for the password to that account when you
connect -- the attached patch is thus not correct. The bug would appear to
be that the connection wants the `user` password instead of the `login`
password. I'll examine that bit of code. A -d2 trace file (please modify
the hex to the password if you're using AUTH PLAIN) would help greatly.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3240#comment:2>
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