remotepass with % must be escaped?

Daniel Shahaf d.s at daniel.shahaf.name
Sat Mar 3 12:51:26 UTC 2012


Probably a feature of
http://docs.python.org/library/configparser
that offlineimap enables (intentionally or otherwise).

Fabio Zanini wrote on Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 13:09:21 +0100:
> Hi all!
> 
> I have a password for an offlineimap account that includes the percent
> sign (%). Apparently, OI asks me to double it:
> 
> % --> %%
> 
> lest an exception is raised. Indeed, doubling works (only one % is
> read). Is this feature documented anywhere?
> 
> Thanks. Cheers,
> Fabio
> 
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