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Mention how to handle user names with @ in rmail

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* doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Remote Mailboxes): Mention how to work
around the problem with user names like foo@example.com (bug#16946).

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Robert Thorpe 2020-12-14 17:51:25 +01:00 committed by Lars Ingebrigtsen
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@ -1591,6 +1591,14 @@ value is used.
Otherwise, Rmail will ask you for the password to use.
@end enumerate
On some mail servers the usernames include domain information, which
can mean they contain the @samp{@@} character. The inbox specifier
string uses @samp{@@} to signal the start of the mailserver name.
This creates confusion for movemail. If your username contains
@samp{@@} and you're using Mailutils @command{movemail} then you can
fix this: Replace @code{@@} in the user name with its @acronym{URL}
encoding @samp{%40}.
@vindex rmail-movemail-flags
If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @command{movemail},
set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you