[Dovecot] RFC 6154: German umlauts in special_use folder names

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Fri Sep 14 08:33:25 EEST 2012


Am 13.09.2012 21:23, schrieb Daniel Parthey:
> Robert Schetterer wrote:
>>> the Drafts special folder is called "Entwürfe" in German locale.
>>> How should the special_use entry in the config file look like?
>>>
>>> Would you recommended to use the encoded folder name...
>>>
>>> mailbox "Entw&APw-rfe" {
>>>   special_use = \Drafts
>>> }
>>>
>>> ...or rather the utf-8 Encoding in the dovecot config file?
>>>
>>> mailbox "Entwürfe" {
>>>   special_use = \Drafts
>>> }
>>
>> which german client does mailbox "Entw&APw-rfe" and is able to use special_use?
>>
>> i ve tested k9 mail 4.2 german, no need for translate
>> \Drafts is auto noticed then it does \Drafts ( Entwürfe ) in the gui, i
>> think this or equal should be the right way
>> for all clients
> 
> I'm not sure which client created it and if any of my clients
> does support special_use, but I found the following mailbox on
> our mdbox filesystem:
> 
> # ls -ld mail/mailboxes/Entw\&APw-rfe
> drwx------ 3 vmail vmail 4096 2012-05-22 19:58 mail/mailboxes/Entw&APw-rfe
> 
> Seems like k9mail or Android Mail must have created it in May 2012,
> the folder is not subscribed and contains only a single mail. The
> rest is in "Drafts" mailbox (where it belongs).
> 
> Regards
> Daniel
> 

I would recommand stay cool until
you can verify german clients using imap special_use
i dont think it makes sense react now, Timo said he might will create
some wiki page in relate clients matrix with special use

-- 
Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer


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