[exim-dev] [Bug 2687] AUTH PLAIN should provide better suppo…

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Author: admin
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Subject: [exim-dev] [Bug 2687] AUTH PLAIN should provide better support for quoting circumflexes
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2687

--- Comment #3 from earl_chew@??? ---
> Instead, I propose to take option 1 above, and document the "leading ^" problem.


I agree that this improves the situation. Given how long the defect has been in
place, it seems that passwords and usernames that start or end with a
circumflex are at most very rare.

I do think the proposed use of ^^^@ and ^^^~ as replacement means to specify
the separator and quote a circumflex, respectively, could work, but agree the
syntax is rather unwieldy.

Hmm ... on reflection, probably the only way to address the issue completely is
to introduce AUTH PLAIN2 (or similar).

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