remotepass with % must be escaped?

[Daniel Shahaf]

I'm not convinced we should turn it off; it can be useful.

You didn't mention what the exception said.

Fabio Zanini wrote on Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 14:02:25 +0100:
> Thanks! The question is then: do we need this feature?
> 
> It is not very intuitive for the user and basically undocumented on the
> offlineimap website/manual. I am for turning it off.
> 
> Cheers,
> Fabio
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 02:51:26PM +0200, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > 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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