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

[Alain Spineux]

On Feb 7, 2008 3:35 PM, Toschi Pietro <Pietro.Toschi at actalis.it> wrote:
>
> Alain,
> mailboxes.c specifies, in GOODCHARS macro, the list of allowed characters for creating subfolders. Do you know where it is the list of characters admitted when creating a mailbox?

I don't know. Maybe in the authentication side.

>
> Thanx
>
> Pietro
>
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Alain Spineux [mailto:aspineux at gmail.com]
> Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 17.43
> A: Toschi Pietro
> Cc: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Oggetto: Re: R: R: Error creating mailboxex with an "&" inside
>
> 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 !
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > -----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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