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Diffstat (limited to 'archivemail.1')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/archivemail.1 b/archivemail.1 index cb937f5..27b53ce 100644 --- a/archivemail.1 +++ b/archivemail.1 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "ARCHIVEMAIL" "1" "06 November 2006" "SP" "" +.TH "ARCHIVEMAIL" "1" "24 October 2007" "SP" "" .SH NAME archivemail \- archive and compress your old email @@ -220,11 +220,14 @@ Display brief summary information about how to run \fBarchivemail\fR\&. .PP To archive an \fBIMAP\fR-format mailbox, use the format \fBimap://username:password@server/mailbox\fR to specify the -mailbox. You can omit the password from the URL; use the -\fB--pwfile\fR option to make \fBarchivemail\fR read the -password from a file, or just enter it upon request. Substitute 'imap\&' -with 'imaps\&', and \fBarchivemail\fR will establish a secure -SSL connection. +mailbox. If your username or password contains the '@' or ':' character, +you can double-quote it like this: +\fBimap://"username@bogus.com":"password"@server/mailbox\fR\&. Use a +backslash to escape double-quotes that are part of a quoted username or password. +You can omit the password from the URL; use the \fB--pwfile\fR +option to make \fBarchivemail\fR read the password from a file, or just +enter it upon request. Substitute 'imap\&' with 'imaps\&', and +\fBarchivemail\fR will establish a secure SSL connection. .PP When reading an \fBmbox\fR-format mailbox, \fBarchivemail\fR will create a lockfile with the extension \fI\&.lock\fR so that |