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Re: Multi folder bug with @ usernames



At Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:59:52 +0100,
Matt Ford wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The following fails for me
> 
> *%INBOX:"matt@dancingfrog.co.uk"/clear@imap.1and1.co.uk:993!
> 
> that is the simplest case.  Doesn't work if you append more folders to
> the multi statement either.
> 
> I have no issues when using multi folders with email accounts that do
> not have an at(@) symbol in them. I'm guessing that it's something to
> do with how the multi(*) parsing pushes the folder string to the rest
> of the program.  Perhaps along the way the double quotes get mangled?
> 
> Sadly my emacs lisp fu is not strong enough to fix.
> 
> Happily I'm in awe of how IMAP appears to be blazing fast when using
> Wanderlust!

Hi Matt,

I believe that you need to quote the whole IMAP mailbox name, then
prefix the inner quotes with backslash:

  *"%INBOX:\"matt@dancingfrog.co.uk\"/clear@imap.1and1.co.uk:993!"

I hope that helps.

best, Erik
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