Special characters in foldernames

[jonalange]

I've read issues about special characters in the password, but after looking through almost every FAQ and somewhat related issue here I couldn't find a solution. Maybe I've overlooked something.

How can/ should I handle special characters like ä ö etc.

The folder is skipped while running imapsync and is displayed as 03_März (actual name is 03_März).

Probably the best idea would be to not use special characters, but to be honest I have no influence about it when a user inputs that special character and even if I tell everybody to not do it, in some edgecase this will still happen out of convenience and muscle memory.

Any suggestions? :)

--folder 'INBOX/03_Rechnungen/2024/03_März' \
--f1f2 'INBOX/03_Rechnungen/2024/03_März'='Archiv.Posteingang.Rechnungen.Live.2024.03_März' \

[gilleslamiral]

I've read issues about special characters in the password,

In the password or in the folders names?

How can/ should I handle special characters like ä ö etc.

The folder is skipped while running imapsync and is displayed as 03_März (actual name is 03_März).

03_März
is coded
03_M&AMMApA-rz

Any suggestions? :)

Look at the imapsync output where it lists folders,
The left side is the name to use with --f1f2 --folder etc.

./imapsync --testslive --justfolderlist
...
Host1: folders list (first the raw imap format then the [X] = [Y]):
* LIST (\HasChildren) "." init
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." init.&ZTZO9nux-
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX
12 OK List completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs).

[INBOX]
[init]
[init.&ZTZO9nux-] = [init.# # # ]

Have in mind IMAP was there before utf8