[imp] Wrong character encoding in folder list
LÉVAI Dániel
leva at ecentrum.hu
Mon Dec 15 10:04:38 UTC 2008
Jan Schneider wrote:
> Zitat von LÉVAI Dániel <leva at ecentrum.hu>:
>> Jan Schneider wrote:
>>> Zitat von LÉVAI Dániel <leva at ecentrum.hu>:
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I have this problem with Horde-3.3.2 and IMP-4.3.2:
>>>>
>>>> The left-side folder list has some folders, whos names contains
>>>> localized characters. This is displayed correctly when I select the
>>>> "English (American)" language entry on the login page from the
>>>> dropdown menu. But when I choose my locale, which is "Magyar"
>>>> (Hungarian), the folders won't display the correct characters. It's
>>>> like this:
>>>>
>>>> With "English (American)" locale:
>>>> Ügyfél
>>>>
>>>> With "Magyar" locale:
>>>> &ANw-gyf&AOk-l
>>>>
>>>> The latter is the same displaying as with the folder's name on the
>>>> filesystem:
>>>> # ls -1 user/Maildir/
>>>> [...]
>>>> .&ANw-gyf&AOk-l/
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Does this only happen with special folders, or with any folders
>>> containing non-ascii chars?
>>>
>> What do you mean by special folder? If you're asking if this is a
>> Sent/Trash etc.. folder, then no; this folder is an immediate
>> subfolder under the Maildir root dir (or under the Mail entry in IMP's
>> left sidebar). It is right under INBOX. It is a "handmade" folder :)
>> Hope I make sense.
>
> It has to be an issue with your mail server then, because non-ascii
> characters in regular folders work perfectly fine in the latest (and any
> older) release.
But if it is working with one locale (English (american)), and it
doesn't with another (Magyar), how could this be a bug in my mailserver?
Btw, I'm using Dovecot's IMAP server, which stores the folder names in a
modified UTF-7 charset (which is a standard way, as I understand).
Daniel
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