E-mail app does not obey minuscule/majuscule for folder naming

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#1

REPRODUCIBILITY (% or how often): 100
BUILD ID = OS VERSION (Settings > About product): all? (at least 3.2.1 onwards)
HARDWARE (XA2, X10, X10 II, …): all
UI LANGUAGE: all
REGRESSION: (compared to previous public release: Yes, No, ?): no

DESCRIPTION:

Mail app only finds one folder when mailbox contains two folders of same name but different writing in upper/lower case (this is not Windows).
e.g.
Inbox

  • stuff
  • Stuff

PRECONDITIONS:

Have an IMAP mail box with folders of the same name and only difference is first letter in capital / upper case / majuscule.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. setup mailbox like above
  2. create account on device
  3. find only one of those folders

EXPECTED RESULT:

both folders are shown and synced

ACTUAL RESULT:

only one of them is shown and synced

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

(Please ALWAYS attach relevant data such as logs, screenshots, etc…)

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#2

majuscule?, wow, I had to look that up!

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#3

we use it in French, but I’m not sure it is in English - upper case would do though :slight_smile:

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#4

Which server are you connecting to? Do you know what IMAP server they’re running?

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#5

Thanks for reporting. I filed the bug in our internal bug tracker.

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#6

And besides the server to confirm first: is this with IMAP to begin with?

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#7

Yes, IMAP. Not using POP for ages (only for ‘fake’ account setup).
But I am pretty confident this is not the cause or issue. More assuming a general local issue. But let’s see…

Example server could be
t-online:
secureimap.t-online.de:993

#8

well, POP3 does not support folders anyway :wink:

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#9

Yes, I could reproduce this with dovecot. And verified that the folders are visible using other IMAP clients.

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#10

Certainly miniscule, but hey, I learned a new word of the language I’ve been speaking for 51 years!, . . I’m not sure about Peter’s spelling though :wink:

#11

i’d say “minuscule”, and Wikipedia agrees :wink:

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#12

Yeah, it seems to depend on which dictionary is checked, I see both spellings in Dictionary (first google link)…but hey, again, I learn that both seem acceptable while Peter’s spelling does indeed seem more in favour…parp!, oops!, taxi!!

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