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How to enter FTP when there is a special character in the username?

I have credentials for an FTP server that are in this form:

User: name@domain.com Pass: alpha-number-password

When you try to log in, it will not work due to the special @ symbol. I tried the% 40 trick and the% 64 trick and didn't work.

I try with FileZilla and this is the only relevant information I found on my forums.

I can get it to work with CuteFTP 8 Home, but it's pretty old, and I would like to use another client in the future.

Is there a general parameter for this type of thing that allows @usernames? Is there a more expansive client that can use these credentials?

I understand that @there should not be a username or password, but this is out of my control, and people still do it like this sometimes.

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According to the RFC for FTP (RFC959) @, the username in the username is perfectly acceptable ("any of 128 ASCII characters except and"). FTP also does not encode / escape characters. So if it works with CuteFTP and not with FileZilla, it could be a bug there. I don't know what FileZilla does with the @ symbol, but maybe tcpdump / wireshark will help find out.

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Could you try replacing @with%40

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