[sylpheed:37341] Re: Filter rules not working for accounts with a space in the name

[Keith Bainbridge]

On March 22, 2025 11:09:17 AM GMT+11:00, Craig <freecycle01 at pisquared.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:35:35 +0300 Anton Shepelev <anton.txt at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> For me, Filter rules do not work with accouns whose names contain
>> a space.  For example, I had an account called "Insomnia 24/7".
>> When tried to create a filter rule to move some messages to:
>> 
>>    #imap/Insomnia 24/7/INBOX
>> 
>> Sylpheed refused to save it, saying the target folder did not
>> exist. It worked after renamed the account to "Insomnia" .
>
>I use Linux, which dislikes spaces in names, so I avoid those on the
>entire file system.
>
>In your case I would have made the directory  #imap/Insomnia.24/7/inbox
>
>
>Craig


Or type it as Insomnia\ 24/7 in your filter rule

Keith Bainbridge,
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