GNU bug report logs - #9173
24.0.50; Gnus IMAP fails to open folders whose names contain ampersands (&)

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>
Cc: 9173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9173: 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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