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24.0.50; Gnus IMAP fails to open folders whose names contain ampersands (&)

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From: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.50;
	Gnus IMAP fails to open folders whose names contain ampersands (&)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:28:44 +0100

I have IMAP folders with names like 'Family.Mum & Dad'. These work fine
in Apple Mail and other IMAP clients such as Squirrelmail.

However, in GNUS they are displayed as

   Family.Mum &- Dad

and when trying to open them, the following error results:

   Retrieving newsgroup: Family.Mum &- Dad...
   gnus-select-newsgroup: Couldn't request group Family.Mum &- Dad: NO Mailbox doesn't exist: Family.Mum &-- Dad

Note also the double hyphen in the second message, which may perhaps
provide a clue.

The server is Dovecot, in case that matters.


In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.35)
 of 2011-07-23 on virtualmac.porkrind.org
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1138
configured using `configure  '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin' '--build=i686-apple-darwin' '--with-ns' 'build_alias=i686-apple-darwin' 'host_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin' 'CC=gcc -mmacosx-version-min=10.5''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Group

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  gnus-topic-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  gnus-undo-mode: t
  global-fuzzy-format-mode: t
  cua-mode: t
  global-pointback-mode: t
  pointback-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  global-auto-complete-mode: t
  ido-everywhere: t
  recentf-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-decoding-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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emacs)

Message #16 received at 9173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>
Cc: 9173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.0.50;
	Gnus IMAP fails to open folders whose names contain ampersands (&)
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:31:52 +0200

Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com> writes:

> I have IMAP folders with names like 'Family.Mum & Dad'. These work fine
> in Apple Mail and other IMAP clients such as Squirrelmail.
>
> However, in GNUS they are displayed as
>
>    Family.Mum &- Dad
>
> and when trying to open them, the following error results:

This has been fixed earlier today in No Gnus.

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