Microsoft KB Archive/234395

= XADM: Folder with Slash Mark (/) Cannot Be Seen By IMAP4 Clients =

Article ID: 234395

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q234395





SYMPTOMS
When you use an IMAP4 e-mail client, not all of the public folders are displayed in the list of public folders.



CAUSE
The public folders that aren't visible contain a slash mark (/) in the public folder name. The slash mark is designed as hierarchy delimiter in IMAP and is used to delimit levels of hierarchy in a mailbox name.



RESOLUTION
Change the folder name to eliminate the slash mark. The following characters are valid in public folder names:

Tilde ~

Exclamation point !

At sign @

Number sign #

Dollar sign $

Percent %

Caret ^

Ampersand &

Asterisk *

Parentheses

Braces {}

Brackets []

Apostrophe '

Underscore _

Hyphen -

Equal sign =

Plus sign +

Vertical bar |



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Create a public folder whose name contains the slash mark.
 * 2) Use an IMAP client or telnet command to download the folder list.
 * 3) Log on to a MAPI e-mail client and view the folder list.

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb KB234395

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