IE6 ftp bug?

[Code-Curious Mom]

When trying to connect to an ftp site requiring a password, IE seems to get
confused by an @ symbol in the password. I get part of password before @
symbol chopped off:
f t p://[email protected]
after entering username and password into 'login as' box. I know IE6 would
logon
properly using 'Login as' at some previous point in the past. (have SP1
if that matters) Does anyone know if this is a bug, perhaps in an update? If
so is a fix planned? If not a bug, how can I fix? I can use command prompt
ftp ok and will use it for now, if this is a bug that will be fixed later.
I don't use ftp that much or I'd get one of the other free ftp clients out
there.

Thanks,
CCM

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

The correct syntax is

ftp://usernameassword@ftpsiteort

Are you using the correct syntax? I haven't seen this not work (of course,
assuming you have the proper credentials to access the ftp site).
For example, if you want to connect to an ftp site at ftp.ftpsite.org and
your username is joe and your password is "asdf231" and the port number is
231 you'd type
ftp://joe:[email protected]:231

Are you using the correct syntax? I haven't seen this not work (of course,
assuming you have the proper credentials to access the ftp site).

Yes. The problem comes when the password is asdf@231. I enter it properly
but what shows up in the address bar is (e-mail address removed):231 Please try
it there and see if it does that for you too. (Of course you can't
actually logon with that, but see if the part before the @ in the password
appears in address bar chopped off.) Yes I have proper credentials or I
would not be able to acess it with command line ftp either. Also I have
acessed site previously using File|Login as.

CCM

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

No, it just thinks the quotes are part of the username and password then.
But thanks for trying. The username it picks up ok, but I can't get it to
stop deleting the part of the password before and including the @ symbol.

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

See

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&[email protected]

which makes me think it's a bug (or is MS claiming it's wrong to use the @
symbol in a password?)

Thanks to all who tried to help