Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:16:48 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244 problem with umlaut characters in prefs.php when putting a folder name with umlauts into prefs.php or conf.php (fixed_folders) then imp behaves unexpectedly. when i put, for example, "Gel&APY-schte Objekte" instead of "Gelöschte Objekte" as my trash folder name into prefs.php, then imp accepts a trash folder with umlauts. same with other folders... or do i miss some nls setting in nls.php (my site's default lang is to de_DE)??? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:27 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48500 What's wrong with that? It's the expected behavior. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:07 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48511 > What's wrong with that? It's the expected behavior. with unix OS depending on your distribution / OS vendor your shell's encoding settings can differ (ISO-8859-15, UTF-8, etc.) and that has consequences for special characters (above the 8-bit threshold) in prefs.php/conf.php so if this not a bug (it is to my point of view) which encoding (charset) is used / presumed when including the prefs.php / conf.php files? does the php include function/command take the user's language / charset into consideration (i.e. the shell's LANG variable, talking about unix systems here)? alternatively, is there a way to tell php: this very specific php file (e.g. prefs.php) is written in charset UTF-8 (my shell's default charset) while other files are written in ISO-8859-15 etc.? when i put an umlaut in my prefs.php i surely want horde / php be able to understand what i mean... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:31:09 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48517 >> What's wrong with that? It's the expected behavior. > > with unix OS depending on your distribution / OS vendor your shell's > encoding settings can differ (ISO-8859-15, UTF-8, etc.) and that has > consequences for special characters (above the 8-bit threshold) in > prefs.php/conf.php All of this is irrelevant. There is only one charset that can be used for folder prefs - UTF7-IMAP (see RFC 3501 [5.1.3]). You need to convert your folder name to this charset. That being said, we should probably put comments in prefs.php for every folder pref we have to make this clear. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:38:02 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48520 >>> What's wrong with that? It's the expected behavior. >> >> with unix OS depending on your distribution / OS vendor your shell's >> encoding settings can differ (ISO-8859-15, UTF-8, etc.) and that has >> consequences for special characters (above the 8-bit threshold) in >> prefs.php/conf.php > > All of this is irrelevant. There is only one charset that can be > used for folder prefs - UTF7-IMAP (see RFC 3501 [5.1.3]). You need > to convert your folder name to this charset. ah... ok. > That being said, we should probably put comments in prefs.php for > every folder pref we have to make this clear. as the prefs.php etc. files will only be maintained by (h+p)ostmasters this will probably suffice. thx, mike Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:45 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48523 Changes have been made in CVS for this ticket: http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/imp/config/prefs.php.dist?r1=1.295&r2=1.296&ty=u Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:01:01 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48527 > That being said, we should probably put comments in prefs.php for > every folder pref we have to make this clear. Done. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:01:25 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48528 > Changes have been made in CVS for this ticket: > > http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/imp/config/prefs.php.dist?r1=1.295&r2=1.296&ty=u it would be nice to have that sort of explanation as a description text in the imp admin config page where the conf parameter "fixed_folders" is set... (i.e. imp's conf.xml). patch attached... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:59:29 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48570 >> Changes have been made in CVS for this ticket: >> >> http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/imp/config/prefs.php.dist?r1=1.295&r2=1.296&ty=u > > it would be nice to have that sort of explanation as a description > text in the imp admin config page where the conf parameter > "fixed_folders" is set... (i.e. imp's conf.xml). > > patch attached... patch attached :-/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:00:23 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48571 Changes have been made in CVS for this ticket: http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/imp/config/conf.xml?r1=1.131&r2=1.132&ty=u Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:49:46 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48584 Changes have been made in CVS for this ticket: http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/imp/config/conf.xml?r1=1.53.2.37&r2=1.53.2.38&ty=u Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:50:21 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48585 > patch attached :-/ Applied to IMP 4.2.1. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:50:39 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7244#t48586