Package: archivemail Version: 0.7.0-1 Followup-For: Bug #368112 Hi, here is another patch, that tries to use whatever folder separator works.
-- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages archivemail depends on: ii python 2.4.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o archivemail recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Wenn der Alltag dir arm erscheint, klage ihn nicht an - klage dich an, daß du nicht stark genug bist, seine Reichtümer zu rufen, denn für den Schaffenden gibt es keine Armut. -- Rainer Maria Rilke
--- /home/chrisbra/bin/archivemail.orig 2007-11-06 12:08:32.000000000 +0100 +++ /home/chrisbra/bin/archivemail 2007-11-06 12:27:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -1434,9 +1434,23 @@ result, response = imap_srv.login(imap_username, imap_password) vprint("logged in to server as %s" % imap_username) + # imap folder separator detection result, response = imap_srv.select(imap_folder) - if result != 'OK': unexpected_error("cannot select imap folder; " - "server says '%s'" % response[0]) + if result != 'OK': + if string.find(imap_folder,'/') != -1: + vprint("Hmm, '%s' does not work. Maybe we need to use a different folder separator? Let's see" %imap_folder) + vprint("Trying '.' as folder separator") + imap_folder=string.replace(imap_folder, '/', '.') + elif string.find(imap_folder,'.') != -1: + vprint("Hmm, '%s' does not work. Maybe we need to use a different folder separator? Let's see" %imap_folder) + vprint("Trying '/' as folder separator") + imap_folder=string.replace(imap_folder, '.', '/') + else: + unexpected_error("The selected folder '%s' does not exist" % imap_folder) + result, response = imap_srv.select(imap_folder) + if result != 'OK': + unexpected_error("Well, changing the folder separator to '%s' didn't work either." % imap_folder) + vprint("selected imap folder %s" % imap_folder) # response is e.g. ['1016'] for 1016 messages in folder total_msg_count = int(response[0])