[Dovecot] assertion failed: (mailbox_list_is_valid_existing_name(_list, name))

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 03:47 -0500, Adam McDougall wrote:
>   Nov 11 00:38:46 boomhauer dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): file mailbox-list-maildir.c: line 186 
>   (maildir_list_get_path): assertion failed: (mailbox_list_is_valid_existing_name(_list, 
>   name))

> I found why this happens.  I had accidently created a maildir with a dot
> at the end of its name due to a bug in a script.  Can be reproduced with 
> "mkdir /egr/mail/shared/decs/.foo."  Crashes go away when I deleted the 
> directory.  

I guess the best way now to handle this is just to remove the assert..
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot/rev/8d6a70a42830

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