New submission from Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsdu...@gmx.de>:
imaplib does not qupote mailbox names when it's sending it's query to the
server in response to a status request, for example. This will lead to very
strange errors if mailboxes are accessed which contain spaces:
i.e.
connection.status("mailbox name", "(MESSAGES)")
will return
File "/home/joe/test/imaplib.py", line 920, in _command_complete
raise self.error('%s command error: %s %s' % (name, typ, data))
imaplib.error: STATUS command error: BAD [b'Error in IMAP command STATUS:
Status items must be list.']
which indicates that the error is within the actual flag list. It is not,
however:
connection.status("\"mailbox name\"", "(MESSAGES)")
works as expected. This may arguably be or not be a bug -- however it is REALLY
confusing to the user. Maybe at least a note should be included somewhere that
-- just to be safe -- mailbox names should be quoted.
All the best,
Joe
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 152612
nosy: joebauer
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: imaplib: Mailbox names are not quoted
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.1
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