From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org, rms@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: UTF7 decode error in Gnus with IMAP]
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:18:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ilu7ja7hidu.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051213214638.60092.qmail@web51007.mail.yahoo.com> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:46:38 -0800 (PST)")
Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> wrote:
>> "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > Would you please DTRT about this, then ack?
>>
>> I believe no action is required, see below.
>>
>> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>> > 1. Is it safe to suggest to this user to (setq imap-use-utf7 nil)?
>>
>> I believe it is safe, if used consistently. If you toggle the
>> variable, existing groups will rename themselves. Of course, you'll
>> loose non-ascii features.
>>
>> > 2. Should imap-utf7-decode work on this string with non-nil imap-use-utf7?
>> > It contains only ASCII characters, but the "&" triggers the error:
>> >
>> > signal(error ("Unable to convert from Unicode"))
>> > error("Unable to convert from Unicode")
>> > utf7-u16-latin1-char-converter()
>> > utf7-fragment-decode(207 210 t)
>> > utf7-decode-internal(t)
>> > utf7-decode("Public Folders/Business Units/SC WW Sales and
>> > Marketing/Reporting/Commissions/2005 Commissions/2005 Adjustments/*2005
>> > Closed Adjustments/*closed*7.1.05 through 7.31.05/*closed*EPIC Tut
>> > Systems Videotele &IBM- TMS320C6415TGLZ1" t)
>>
>> That isn't valid UTF-7 a'la IMAP, so I think the error is correct.
>> Imap.el call utf7-decode in a condition-case, so in practice you
>> shouldn't see the error.
>>
>> How does this cause any real problem?
>
> The original problem is described here:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2005-11/msg00727.html
I see. It is just a warning, right?
The problem is in the server, it send an invalid UTF-7 string. Gnus
is supposed to ignore the group name, print that warning and continue,
I'm not sure it can do more.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-14 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-05 2:35 Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-09 16:23 ` Simon Josefsson
2005-12-13 21:46 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-12-14 14:18 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
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