Hi,
could it be possible that there is a length restriction of the username field in the "Edit POP3 Mailbox definition" popup ?
Whenever I enter a string (username) longer than 47 characters, it gets cut off after the 47th char !
This invalidates my username string, and the mail provider just doesn't like it anymore ... :-(
You might say: "Why's this dude using usernames with such a insane length?"
Quite easy: I am using POPFILE as mail proxy to pull mail from for POP3 mailboxes, so I need to redirect the Mercury POP3 client logins to popfile running on localhost, and pass all required stuff in the username field, like so:
POP3 Host: 127.0.0.1
Username: pop3.provider.com:Mailbox.Name;maildomain.com:ssl
As you can easily see, this adds up to a pretty long string. It works for almost all of my mailboxes, but some are longer than 47 chars, so I am lost. In the very old versions of Mercury, the MercuryD.dat config file was plaintext ASCII, so I could modify it. Nowadays, this file is encrypted (which is good to keep passwords secret), and cannot be edited anymore, so I don't see any way of working around that issue.
Is the restriction only in the GUI window when editing the mailbox definition, or a overall restriction in MercuryD ?
Thanks !
Kind Regards,
Andy
<p>Hi,
</p><p>could it be possible that there is a length restriction of the username field in the "Edit POP3 Mailbox definition" popup ?</p><p>Whenever I enter a string (username) longer than 47 characters, it gets cut off after the 47th char !
This invalidates my username string, and the mail provider just doesn't like it anymore ... :-(</p><p>
You might say: "Why's this dude using usernames with such a insane length?"
Quite easy: I am using POPFILE as mail proxy to pull mail from for POP3 mailboxes, so I need to redirect the Mercury POP3 client logins to popfile running on localhost, and pass all required stuff in the username field, like so:</p><p>POP3 Host: 127.0.0.1
Username: pop3.provider.com:Mailbox.Name;maildomain.com:ssl</p><p>As you can easily see, this adds up to a pretty long string. It works for almost all of my mailboxes, but some are longer than 47 chars, so I am lost. In the very old versions of Mercury, the MercuryD.dat config file was plaintext ASCII, so I could modify it. Nowadays, this file is encrypted (which is good to keep passwords secret), and cannot be edited anymore, so I don't see any way of working around that issue.</p><p>Is the restriction only in the GUI window when editing the mailbox definition, or a overall restriction in MercuryD ?</p><p>Thanks !</p><p>Kind Regards,
Andy</p><p>&nbsp;</p>