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| author | Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de> | 2011-07-05 23:11:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de> | 2011-07-05 23:45:34 +0200 |
| commit | 88653766db7b8da28080bae2704d1b0f574a2cc9 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c23ac56fd2ad608ef67b287c38fb9cea29527e3 /archivemail.xml | |
| parent | 6b0fefc45f8d386324ed30324d073fc1e6cd4b87 (diff) | |
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Manpage & changelog: document support for international IMAP mailbox names
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diff --git a/archivemail.xml b/archivemail.xml index a0448a5..3a3126e 100644 --- a/archivemail.xml +++ b/archivemail.xml @@ -503,6 +503,15 @@ Note that quoting only a substring will not work, and be aware that your shell will probably remove unprotected quotes or backslashes. </para> <para> +Similarly, there is no need to percent-encode non-<acronym>ascii</acronym> +characters in <acronym>IMAP</acronym> mailbox names. +As long as your locale is configured properly, <command>archivemail</command> +should handle these without problems. +Note, however, that due to limitations of the <acronym>IMAP</acronym> +protocol, non-<acronym>ascii</acronym> characters do not mix well with +wildcards in mailbox names. +</para> +<para> <command>archivemail</command> tries to be smart when handling mailbox paths. In particular, it will automatically add an <acronym>IMAP</acronym> <literal>NAMESPACE</literal> prefix to the mailbox path if necessary; and if you are archiving a subfolder, |