[Bug 664167] [NEW] Encode proxy user/password in proxy URL

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Binary package hint: evolution-data-server

SRU JUSTIFICATION:
Small patch to use along with patch in bug 664169 to use proxy credentials to load images.
This is a big issue for corporate users wishing to have access to rich email content (embedded images) from behind a secured proxy (as it is the case in many large enterprises).

There is minimal impact since this only affects users behind a proxy,
and only if they use a secured proxy (requiring authentication).

TEST CASES:
 - Requires a proxy with authentication turned on. This can be easily achieved using squid using the pam_auth provider, for example.

1) Configure the proxy settings in Gnome (System->Preferences->Network Proxy) or Evolution (Edit->Preferences->Network Preferences), including authentication username and password.
2) Load a message which contains embedded images from the Internet in a URL document (see attached example: lp_664169_test_case.mbox -- this test case can be loaded in Evolution by double-clicking it)
3) Force loading the images from the Internet by pressing Ctrl-I.

For a successful test cases, you will see embedded images being loaded from the Internet and displayed in the message.
For a failed test cases, the images will not load.

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We need the patch from the upstream bug 615274 landed so that proxy
credentials are used properly.

** Affects: evolution-data-server
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: evolution-data-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl)
         Status: Triaged

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Encode proxy user/password in proxy URL
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/664167
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