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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#45773: IMAP problem dot in folder name
From:       David Pashley <david () davidpashley ! com>
Date:       2002-07-31 23:48:04
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On Friday 26 July 2002 3:17 pm, Rob Scott wrote:
> The error message is:
>
>
> 	Error while creating file `.NET Framework Bugs':
> 	File exists
>

On a slightly related note. I just tried to create a folder called ".test" 
with courier and it created a folder called "test". Courier uses "." as the 
folder seperator. I'll try creating the folder by hand on the server and see 
what happens.

> On Friday 26 July 2002 8:19 am, Michael Häckel wrote:
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> > On Friday 26 July 2002 08:00, Carsten Burghardt wrote:
> > > > A couple of the public folders have names that start with a period
> > > > '.', for example '.css' and '.NET'. These cause KMail to produce an
> > > > error message and then the folders are not listed in the navigation
> > > > panel.
> >
> > Would be nice to know, what error message.
> >
> > > > Expected behaviour is that folders that start with '.' should be
> > > > listed as any other folder. I'm assuming that KMail thinks that '.'
> > > > is a special character and doesn't not escape it properly.
> >
> > You have to enable the feature to display hidden folders in KMail's
> > account configuration to see folders that start with a dot because
> > filenames that start with a dot are usually meant to be hidden files on a
> > unix file system.
> >
> > > The expected behaviour depends on whether exchange uses "/" or "." to
> > > separate the folders. Do you know which one it uses as I don't have an
> > > exchange-server here? Or Michael?
> > > Perhaps I can organize an exchange-server at work, than we could test
> > > that Mickey Mouse stuff.
> >
> > As far as I remember, it uses "\" for private folders but that might be
> > different for public folders.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Michael Häckel
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> > (Complete bug history is available at
> > http://bugs.kde.org/db/45/45773.html)
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> (Complete bug history is available at http://bugs.kde.org/db/45/45773.html)
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