He is correct in posting twice, as the idea has since become more a feature suggestion than a comment (or bug if anything). If you had read the previous post, you'd have noticed code suggesting to add an additional post in this thread.
I do also believe it should be similar to the http:// and ftp:// protocol as with [email]password@server:port.[/email] Would make things more uniform, as well as most liekly easier to parse out.