(This bug imported from BugSplat, Netscape's internal bugsystem. It was known there as bug #382529 http://scopus.netscape.com/bugsplat/show_bug.cgi?id=382529 Imported into Bugzilla on 01/12/00 16:05) Cannot delete "<\.....\>" folder name from IMAP server after you created this folder. After created "<\.....\>" folder name, there is no way to delete this folder from 4.7 IMAP server.

I knew that the delete folder not implement on 5.0 yet. But I still move this bug from 4.7 since it may be a problem on 5.0, too.

Not sure to whom to assign this. Starting with bienvenu, cc sspitzer

I cannot delete "<>" folder name from 4.7, either. Please check this folder name "<>" for 5.0 as well.

I thought Jeff wrote delete folder, and I thought it was implemented. I'll try it out.

moving to m15.

moving to m16

Cleanup work, marking M18.

adding nsbeta3 keyword

The problem here is that '>' is the IMAP_URL_TOKEN_SEPARATOR, i.e., it separates various parts of an imap url, so we get confused when parsing urls which contain folders with '>' in the name. This code also existed in 4.x, which is why 4.x has the same problem. I'm not sure how to fix this in a safe way. Obviously, escaping the '>' in the folder name somehow could do it, or "quoting" the folder name, but this could require lots of changes.

Mail triage is marking nsbeta3-

changing summary to reflect reality and removing nsbeta3- in case the actual problem was not understood. If you did understand and still feel it should be nsbeta3-, then go ahead.

How likely is it to have a '>' in the name? One reason for the "-" was that this didn't work in 4.x either, so at least for our upgraders, they probably didn't have any folders with '>' in the name.

It's completely up to the user how likely it is - we don't do anything to prevent them from putting a '>' in the name of a folder when they create one. I can imagine people name folders something like a->b or a>b - it's a character on the keyboard with a useful meaning...

mail triage marking [nsbeta3-]

Sorry for the extra email. Removing mail6 keyword.

*** Bug 57862 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

adding mail3 keyword

marking nsbeta1- because this does not affect a large number of users.

*** Bug 192619 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***