[imp] Greek Exchange 2000 SP3 folder names appeared garbled

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Giannis Stoilis <giannis at stoilis.gr>:

> I am using IMP 3.1 with Horde 2.1, with the default configuration on a
> SuSe 8.0
> using Apache 1.3.23(distribution default) and PHP 4.1.0(also distribution
> default)
> I use IMP for accessing an Exchange 2000 SP3 server through IMAP.
> Everything works OK, except one thing: In IMP, folder names with Greek
> characters appear garbled.
> BUT, I can access and use any folder, even the ones with the garbled
> names
> without any problem. So, I don't think there is a wrong encoding/decoding
> somewhere in the process, orelse I wouldn't be able to access them.
> The strangest thing is that I CAN create folders with greek names using
> IMP
> that appear CORRECTLY in IMP but they appear as questionmarks in outlook.
> 
> Should I submit this as a bug? Is it a bug or a mis-configuration, in
> your

Try upgrading to IMP from CVS (RELENG_3). Some bugs with folder name
encodings have been fixed.

> opinion? Should I insert a custom decoding function between IMP and
> Exchange? I
> am not very advanced in PHP to do this on my own, so I would like some
> help
> from anyone interested. I can provide you with all the information and
> details
> you want.

IIRC there was a problem with the UTF-7 encoding of folder names in
Exchange, not following the IMAP standard. But I'm not really sure, you
might want to find out more.

> I have prepared some screenshots you can see:

... that all show the same. ;-)

Jan.

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