R: R: Error creating mailboxex with an "&" inside

[Alain Spineux]

On Feb 5, 2008 5:22 PM, Toschi Pietro <Pietro.Toschi at actalis.it> wrote:
>
> Test result: failed.
>
> Even if testsaslauthd -u test\&-test at domain.com -p <password> results in an 0: OK "Success." response, and the mailbox really exists on IMAP server, I can't successfully login using IMAP clients to the IMAP server.
>
> Maybe some issues related to the way that cyrus and sasl communicate

The restriction is done in cyrus itself!
Their is 2 different list of allowed characters!

For example, cyradm allow you to create some root mailbox (like
user/test&test at domain.com)
but dont allow you to manage it !
Try this
> sam user/test&test at domain.com anyone p
you will get an error !



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>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Toschi Pietro
> Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 15.49
> A: 'Michael Menge'; 'Jorey Bump'
> Cc: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Oggetto: R: R: Error creating mailboxex with an "&" inside
>
>
> I'm afraid I think you're right.
> The problem is not related to the Kolab patch, in fact I tried to create a maibox both on a patched and an unpatched server with the same results, using cyradm:
>
> >cm user/test&test at domain.com
> Returns an error from cyradm
>
> >cm user/test\&test at domain.com
> Returns an error from IMAP server:
> XX CREATE user/test&test at domain.com
> XX NO Invalid Mailbox Name
>
> >cm user/test\&-test at domain.com
> Actually creates user/test&-test at domain.com
>
> Maybe a well-designed IMAP client should consider &- an escape sequence and show it a single & like in test&test at domain.com, but doubts about authentication problems still remain. I'll have a complete test in a short using Thunderbird and let you know my results.
>
>
> See you later.
>
> P
>
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: info-cyrus-bounces at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:info-cyrus-bounces at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] Per conto di Michael Menge
> Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 15.20
> A: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Oggetto: Re: R: Error creating mailboxex with an "&" inside
>
> Hi,
>
> i think you have another problem, & has to be encoded in imap as &- .
> The encoding is done by the mailclient. But on the other hand cyrus
> expacts the user
> to have a folder under user that matches the username used for authentication.
> IMHO using & in username is a bad idea as the authenticationlayer does not
> know the special meaning of & and that it has to be escaped as &-
>
>
>
> Quoting Toschi Pietro <Pietro.Toschi at actalis.it>:
>
> > Unfortunately I am using imapsync to migrate messages between
> > already created top-level mailboxex, but it doesn't seem to take
> > care of those details for me and failed to create every subfolder
> > with special character until I applied the Kolab patch that modified
> >  GOODCHAR macro in mailboxes.c.
> >
> > Apparently, the Kolab patch doesn't apply to top level mailboxes,
> > INBOX. And creating user/this&that at something.com still fails with
> > cyradm or other applications.
> >
> > pietro
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Da: Jorey Bump [mailto:list at joreybump.com]
> > Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 14.10
> > A: Toschi Pietro
> > Cc: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> > Oggetto: Re: Error creating mailboxex with an "&" inside
> >
> > Toschi Pietro wrote, at 02/05/2008 06:57 AM:
> >
> >> Apparently, cyrus-imapd does not support mailboxes with some letters
> >> inside the name. "&" is one of that. I have some mailboxes containing
> >> that symbol to be migrated from another server (SUN) but I always get an
> >> error.
> >>
> >> Looking at the IMAP RFC it seems very complex to me to understand what
> >> characters are supported and how by the protocol. I wander if there is a
> >> way to make cyrus accept such mailboxes, for example using some sort of
> >> escape sequences, encoding rules or so.
> >>
> >> Do someone have a solution to this annoying problem?
> >
> > In Thunderbird, I can create a new folder named:
> >
> >   this&that
> >
> > This results in a directory on the server named:
> >
> >   this&-that
> >
> > What tool are you using to migrate your mailboxes? Hopefully, something
> > like imapsync will take care of these details for you.
> > ----
> > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/
> > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki
> > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
> >
>
>
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