BAD ['[CLIENTBUG] Too many arguments for command']

[halfd]

Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./harvest.py", line 32, in <module>
    response, num_mails = connection.select(mailbox, True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 649, in select
    typ, dat = self._simple_command(name, mailbox)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 1070, in _simple_command
    return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 905, in _command_complete
    raise self.error('%s command error: %s %s' % (name, typ, data))
imaplib.error: EXAMINE command error: BAD ['[CLIENTBUG] Too many arguments for command']

Will examine further straight away.

[halfd]

Same problem with python 3.2

[halfd]

Det bug seems to be that the test account has a number of folders/labels named:

• 0. Current
• 1. Reply
• 2. DO

harvest.py / gmail chokes on these - manually trying to fetch another folder called "Links" works fine.

[halfd]

Okay, we probably need some escaping of some kind here - while I'm sure there are some docs on this, I'm more content with guessing :)

When I select the above mentioned mailbox "2. DO" in gmail I see two strings in the UI :
One is in the URL /mail/u/0/?shva=1#label/2.+DO where the string has simply been URL encoded.
Another is in Gmails search box, where the string "label:2.-do" appears. Lower case and with the space turned into a dash.

Experiments will take place!

[halfd]

Okay, I'll read the docs :(

IMAP:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.3.1

IMAP4r1 Mailbox Names vs. Unicode:
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/Mailbox-Names-UTF7.html

[filipefigcorreia]

Dealing with this issue myself, in a different context, and thought you could find this comment useful.

[jchillerup]

Thanks for sharing, Filipe!