If this is done, I request that the Password field still be parsed for account:PaSsWorD if the Account field is left blank. People are often instructed to put account:PaSsWorD "as their password." ZNC. Scripts. Existing mIRC and generic client tutorials. etc. Also, the Password field is ******'d out; hiding "account" names that might contain sensitive information about the ZNC.
I have extended the SASL routine to check for the account:password format in the password. If it sees a colon in the password, it will assume it is in an account:password format and will authenticate SASL using them. If the server replies that authentication failed, mIRC will try authenticating again using the whole word as a password, in case someone intentionally used a colon in their password. This will be in the next beta.
