[Dovecot] ampersand in local-part

[Pascal Volk]

On 01.04.2009 20:20 Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> I have a new email server (postfix/dovecot/mysql) with accounts  
> migrated from another server (different platform) and email addresses  
> with ampersands like "r&d at domain.com" that worked on my old email  
> server are not working now.
> 
> I'd like some help tracking this issue down.
> 
> Can anyone tell me if this looks like a postfix, dovecot or mysql issue?
> 
> Some log info follows. For brevity I'm just posting this log snip as  
> I'm thinking I will get a simple answer to this but I will be happy to  
> post postfix, dovecot or mysql settings in detail if they are required.
> 
> 
> Thank you, Brad
> 
> dovecot.log file:
> [...]
> dovecot: Mar 27 16:37:23 Info: auth(default): auth(?,216.111.149.248):  
> Invalid username: r&d at domain.com
> dovecot: Mar 27 16:37:23 Info: auth(default): cram-md5(?, 
> 216.111.149.248): Username contains disallowed character: 0x26
> dovecot: Mar 27 16:37:24 Info: auth(default): new auth connection:  
> pid=68420

Dovecot is complaining about the 'disallowed character'. See
http://wiki.dovecot.org/MainConfig#line-549 for more information.


Regards,
Pascal
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