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MercuryD Config window username length limitation ?

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> </p>
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