Test result: failed. Even if testsaslauthd -u test\&-test@xxxxxxxxxx -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 -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Toschi Pietro Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 15.49 A: 'Michael Menge'; 'Jorey Bump' Cc: info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx Returns an error from cyradm >cm user/test\&test@xxxxxxxxxx Returns an error from IMAP server: XX CREATE user/test&test@xxxxxxxxxx XX NO Invalid Mailbox Name >cm user/test\&-test@xxxxxxxxxx Actually creates user/test&-test@xxxxxxxxxx Maybe a well-designed IMAP client should consider &- an escape sequence and show it a single & like in test&test@xxxxxxxxxx, 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:info-cyrus-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Per conto di Michael Menge Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 15.20 A: info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx>: > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx still fails with > cyradm or other applications. > > pietro > > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Jorey Bump [mailto:list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Inviato: martedì 5 febbraio 2008 14.10 > A: Toschi Pietro > Cc: info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Menge Tel.: (49) 7071/29-70316 Universitaet Tuebingen Fax.: (49) 7071/29-5912 Zentrum fuer Datenverarbeitung mail: michael.menge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Waechterstrasse 76 72074 Tuebingen ---- 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