CookieError: Illegal key value

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. CookieError: Illegal key value


What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py", line 714, in __call__
    handler.get(*groups)
  File "/base/data/home/apps/s~xxxxxshot/1.363881572167923652/main.py", line 146, in get
    result = opener.open("http://www.xxxxxx.com/home.php").content
  File "/base/data/home/apps/s~xxxxshot/1.363881572167923652/main.py", line 32, in open
    self.cookie.load(response.headers.get('set-cookie', '')) # Load the cookies from the response
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_dist/lib/python2.5/Cookie.py", line 619, in load
    self.__ParseString(rawdata)
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_dist/lib/python2.5/Cookie.py", line 650, in __ParseString
    self.__set(K, rval, cval)
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_dist/lib/python2.5/Cookie.py", line 572, in __set
    M.set(key, real_value, coded_value)
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_dist/lib/python2.5/Cookie.py", line 451, in set
    raise CookieError("Illegal key value: %s" % key)
CookieError: Illegal key value: funkygeek@3323#%$%%^$%


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Python 2.5

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 15 Dec 2012 at 9:44