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List:       pine-info
Subject:    Bug Report: TO filter does not work as claimed
From:       "Erik T. Ray" <etr () ravelgrane ! com>
Date:       2004-05-28 19:39:46
Message-ID: C6AED42C-B0DE-11D8-9F43-000393D47C5C () ravelgrane ! com
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No one has replied to this message yet. Perhaps if I put "bug report" 
in the subject line it will elicit a response. To summarize, a claimed 
workaround in the 4.55 release notes about "TO" filters does not seem 
to be working in 4.58. Thanks.

Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Erik T. Ray" <etr@ravelgrane.com>
> Date: May 4, 2004 2:34:37 PM EDT
> To: Pine Discussion Forum <pine-info@u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Courier IMAP and TO filter
>
> I am using Pine 4.58 with an inbox-path set to a remote IMAP server. 
> The server is Courier imapd 1.7.3 on Redhat 7.3. The problem I am 
> having is that the "TO" filter does not properly match any messages, 
> though the other filters do. I notice in the release notes for Pine 
> 4.55 that this issue has been addressed:
>
>     With some defective IMAP servers a filter which required a match in
>     the To pattern would not match. The IMAP server defect is that the
>     server does not implement a HEADER search for the empty string to 
> be
>     equivalent to a test for the header existing.
>
> Is Courier imapd included in that list of "defective IMAP servers" and 
> if so, any idea why this workaround is not working for me? If it is 
> something else, can anyone suggest a workaround I might try? Thanks.

--
Erik Ray                     Unix Systems Administrator
Harvard-MIT Data Center      Harvard University
phone: (617) 496-5097        mobile: (781) 710-1162


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