Re: @ character in http login

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Gordon Burditt wrote in <124lsguc12j3o95@corp.supernews.com> on Sat April 22
> 2006 23:18:
>
>
>>>I am trying to use the basic http://user:password@example.com
>>>form for authentication inside a script.
>>>
>>>My only problem is my username contains the @ character (its an
>>>email address). As result, the url seems to be parsing
>>>incorrectly.
>>>
>>>Has anyone found a way around this problem?
>>
>>You may be able to use something like
>>http://username%40hotmail.com:password@example.com
>>
>>where @ is converted to %40 . The same approach may apply if the
>>password contains odd characters like @, colon, space, %, etc.
>>
>>Gordon L. Burditt
>
>
> FYI, you may want to read to ensure that the question hasn't been answered
> the same way you're about to answer it. It is bad form; the question was
> answered twelve minutes prior to you posting the same thing.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>

And it's even worse form to criticize someone for repeating the content of YOUR
OWN post 12 minutes after you posted it.

This is not a "I got the right answer first" contest. This is about helping
each other.

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