[Tickets #10093] Re: Cannot create folder name with ampersand

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/10093
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  Ticket             | 10093
  Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
  Summary            | Cannot create folder name with ampersand
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Assigned
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Michael Slusarz
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Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2011-05-17 16:18) wrote:

> The problem is that ampersands are used to encode UTF7-IMAP.  So you  
> wouldn't see them in an error message because we are trying to  
> convert them from UTF7-IMAP -> UTF-8.

Makes sense.

> But we shouldn't even get to this point - we should simply reject  
> these mailbox names.

Why? They are perfectly valid. We only have to encode ampersands  
properly to "&-", which should already happen by converting UTF-8 ->  
UTF7-IMAP.