"Folder name is not allowed"

[xbot]

Hi,
i'm facing this error : "Folder name is not allowed"

/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/larch --from imap://server1 --from-user
user1@domain1 --from-pass password1 --to imaps://imap.gmail.com --to-
user
us...@gmail.com --to-pass password2 --all

[Sep 01 17:30:01] [info] us...@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com: creating
mailbox: INBOX/blabla/blablabla/blabla blabla 2008
[Sep 01 17:30:02] [info] us...@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com:
Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
(will retry)
[Sep 01 17:30:03] [info] us...@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com:
Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
(will retry)
[Sep 01 17:30:05] [info] us...@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com:
Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
(will retry)
[Sep 01 17:30:09] [fatal] Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is
not allowed. (Failure) (giving up)
[Sep 01 17:30:09] [info] 0 message(s) copied, 0 failed, 1 untouched
out of 1 total

How to solve it ? Thanks for your help :)

[expat.iain]

Got the same problem here when trying to migrate from Dovecot v1.1.14
to Google Apps email using larch v1.0.2.

Here's the last part of the output:

*** START ***
[Sep 03 09:47:26] [info] he...@example.com@imap.gmail.com: creating
mailbox: INBOX/Local Councils/Zejtun Local Council
[Sep 03 09:47:26] [info] he...@example.com@imap.gmail.com:

Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
(will retry)

[Sep 03 09:47:27] [info] he...@example.com@imap.gmail.com:

Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
(will retry)

[Sep 03 09:47:30] [info] he...@example.com@imap.gmail.com:

Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
(will retry)

[Sep 03 09:47:33] [fatal] Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is

not allowed. (Failure) (giving up)

[Sep 03 09:47:33] [info] 0 message(s) copied, 0 failed, 706 untouched
out of 706 total
*** END ***

I had noticed that changing the name of the folder permits the
creation. Just rerunning the script causes the failure at the same
point each time.

Regs.

Iain.

[Ryan Grove]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:59 AM, expat.iain<expat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Got the same problem here when trying to migrate from Dovecot v1.1.14
> to Google Apps email using larch v1.0.2.
>
> Here's the last part of the output:
>
> *** START ***
> [Sep 03 09:47:26] [info] he...@example.com@imap.gmail.com: creating
> mailbox: INBOX/Local Councils/Zejtun Local Council
> [Sep 03 09:47:26] [info] he...@example.com@imap.gmail.com:
> Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Folder name is not allowed. (Failure)
> (will retry)

This has been reported a few times, I just haven't had time to
investigate yet. I suspect it's related to Gmail folder names that
contain spaces (obviously).

- Ryan

[expat.iain]

> This has been reported a few times, I just haven't had time to
> investigate yet. I suspect it's related to Gmail folder names that
> contain spaces (obviously).

I can confirm that the same folder names transfer using imapsync.

[xbot]

Thanks Ryan,

How to easily fix it (i can't rename the folders) ?

[Ryan Grove]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:21 PM, xbot <xbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Ryan,
>
> How to easily fix it (i can't rename the folders) ?

Until I have time to fix the bug or someone submits a patch, renaming
the folders may be your only option.

- Ryan