[Dovecot] [SOLVED] Re: [Q] auth(default): plain(?, 11.111.206.99): Username contains disallowed character: 0x20

[Timo Sirainen]

http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/049a922c193c will help in v2.0.10
and later.

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 20:49 +0100, JKL wrote:
> Problem solved.  User error:  Wrote EMail as  user.name @ example.com,
> because in the English language the @ is a separate word. Of course!
> On 02/11/2011 07:19 PM, JKL wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >    
> >     A new user with Microsoft Express is trying to use IMAP SSL port
> > 993. However they cannot log in.  Its only with them.
> > The logs details the following:
> >
> > Feb 11 18:56:03 logout dovecot: auth(default): plain(?,11.111.206.99):
> > Username contains disallowed character: 0x20
> > Feb 11 18:58:07 logout dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1
> > attempts): method=PLAIN, rip=11.111.206.99, lip=62.58.61.184, TLS:
> > Disconnected
> >
> > I think that the 0x20 is a space. However the user states that they are
> > using this format and that there is no space:
> > user.name at test.com
> >
> > Does anyone know where I could start to look for this? 
> >
> > Regards,S
> >
> >
> >
> >
>