Folder creation regression in 6.5.3.1

[Daniel Shahaf]

Thomas Kahle wrote on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 13:21:52 +0200:
> On 13:27 Wed 11 Apr 2012, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > Thomas Kahle wrote on Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 14:36:28 +0200:
> > >  Creating folder INBOX/science-ml[RemoteGentoo]
> > >  ERROR: Creating folder INBOX/science-ml on repository RemoteGentoo
> > >   Folder 'INBOX/science-ml'[RemoteGentoo] could not be created. Server responded: ('NO', ['Invalid mailbox name: INBOX/science-ml'])
> > >  ERROR: Folder 'INBOX/science-ml'[RemoteGentoo] could not be created. Server responded: ('NO', ['Invalid mailbox name: INBOX/science-ml'])
> > >  *** Finished account 'Gentoo' in 0:03
> > > 
> > > The folder science-ml is indeed a non-filtered folder that exists on
> > > both sides.  I think offlineimap-6.5.3.1 wrongly tries to create it
> > > remotely and the server complains because it already exists.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > 
> > What's the folder separator on the server?  Is it "/"?
> 
> The maildir on the server is itself the inbox and contains a
> (filesystem) subfolder ".science-ml".  If I remember correctly this is
> CourierIMAP server.  However, my foldername translation functions

The greeting says Dovecot.

> replace "/" by "." when doing remote -> local, I think the answer to
> your question is "yes, /".  If this is wrong, why did it work with
> 6.5.2.1, were there any changes/fixes on the foldertrans?
> 

I don't know what the changes were since 6.5.2.1.  I was just taking
a shot in the dark, speculating that the error might be related to the
folder separator.  It seems that's not the issue.

> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 
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> Thomas Kahle
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