--- fmirror-0.8.4.orig/fmirror.c
+++ fmirror-0.8.4/fmirror.c
@@ -809,14 +813,17 @@
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     
     if (password || err >= 300) {
-	/* Don't send password if the ftp server didn't ask for it and 
-	 * it isn't set. */
-	char buffer[128];
-	if (!password) {
-	    struct passwd *p = getpwuid(getuid());
-	    sprintf(buffer, "%s@", p->pw_name);
-	}
-	cmd("PASS %s", password ? password : buffer);
+	 /* If there is no anonymous ftp password specified
+	  * then we'll just use anonymous@
+	  * We don't send any other thing because:
+	  * - We want to remain anonymous
+	  * - We want to stop SPAM
+	  * - We don't want to let ftp sites to discriminate by the user,
+	  *   host or country.
+	  *
+	  *   Thanks to E. Perez, debian bug #136433
+	  */
+        cmd("PASS %s", password ? password : "anonymous@");
 	if (!success())
 	    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }