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@@ -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,