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Neil44today at 4:36 PM1 replyview on HN

I think the curl -u switch just requires the password field to be filled, there obviously isn't a legit user account [email protected] with a password of password either at microsoft or at the Japanese imap server.


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grueztoday at 5:17 PM

>I think the curl -u switch just requires the password field to be filled

Yeah you're right, if you don't specify the password (eg. -u user), it prompts you for it

>there obviously isn't a legit user account [email protected] with a password of password either at microsoft or at the Japanese imap server.

But presumably the fact it's there at all suggests it's a required parameter? Maybe "password" is just a placeholder, but it's unclear based on the command line transcript alone.