[New-bugs-announce] [issue46220] imaplib.py "select" mailbox names containing spaces.

[Matthew H. McKenzie]

New submission from Matthew H. McKenzie <github1 at swellhunter.org>:

A mailbox (folder) need not be for a recipient and need not be the private part of an RFC2822 address.

Passing a value of "000 Bookings" to select() results in validation issues when the tokens are parsed as arguments and there are too many.

It would be a nice-to-have to accept spaces in the name.

Workaround is for a rule to be applied by a desktop email client such as Evolution to move it from the INBOX upon discovery according to filter criteria.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 409457
nosy: mckenzm
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: imaplib.py "select" mailbox names containing spaces.
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6

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