[Dovecot] Ampersand in Folder names causing folders to disappear?

Mark Adams mark at campbell-lange.net
Wed Jan 3 18:36:42 UTC 2007


Thankyou John, I thought something like this may be the case!

Regards,
Mark

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 01:24:18PM -0500, John Peacock wrote:
> Mark Adams wrote:
> > Whenever a user enters an ampersand into an IMAP folder name, it
> > dissapears from outlook. 
> 
> Don't use ampersands in file or foldernames; they are reserved characters in
> Windows (used to signify what character is the "shortcut" key) and cause
> frequent headaches like this...
> 
> John
> 
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