Re: Problem with imaplib (weird result if mailbox contains a %)
- From: "Leo Kislov" <Leo.Kislov@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 28 Nov 2006 08:19:21 -0800
Antoon Pardon wrote:
This little program gives IMO a strange result.
import imaplib
user = "cpapen"
cyr = imaplib.IMAP4("imap.vub.ac.be")
cyr.login("cyrus", "cOn-A1r")
rc, lst = cyr.list('""', "user/%s/*" % user)
for el in lst:
print "%r" % (el,)
And the result is:
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/Out"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/Punten"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/Spam"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/agoog to be"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/artistiek &- kunst"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/copains et copinnes =x="'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/cp &- writing"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/examen"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/important info (pass)"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/lesmateriaal"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/love &- flesh for fantasy"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/media"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/music &- beats"'
('(\\HasNoChildren) "/" {25}', 'user/cpapen/newsletters %')
''
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/organisatie &- structuur"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/sociale wetenschappen"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/the closest ones to me [x]"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/vubrations"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/wm2addressbook"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/wm2prefs"'
'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "user/cpapen/wm2signature"'
What I have a problem with is the 14th and 15th line.
All other entries are strings but the 14th is a tuple.
and the 15th is an empty string. As far as I can tell
every time a "%" is in the mailbox name I get this kind of
result.
I'm using python 2.3.3 and the imap sytem is Cyrus.
Can someone explain what is going one?
Is this a bug?
Empty string seems to be a bug. But tuple is by design, read the docs
and imap rfc. The protocol is convoluted in the first place, and so is
python interface.
If it is, is it fixed in later versions?
Why don't you try to pull imaplib.py from later versions? I don't think
it changed that much so it should be compatible with python 2.3
Whether or not it is a bug, can I rely on the mailbox
being the last item in the tuple in these cases?
Yes (at least for list command)
-- Leo
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