Re: Gnu mail bug

Countach wrote:
> You seem to have changed my patch resulting in a bug.
>
> My patch said:
>
>  protected MboxFolder(MboxStore store, String name, boolean inbox)
>  {
>    super(store);
>    this.name = name;
>    if (0 < name.length() && name.charAt(0) == '/') {
>      file = new File(canonicalNameToLocal(name));
>    } else {
>      file = new File(store.getMailRootDir(), 
> canonicalNameToLocal(name));
>    }
>
>
> But the cvs code seems to say:
>
>  protected MboxFolder(MboxStore store, String name, boolean inbox)
>  {
>    super(store);
>    this.name = name;
>    file = new File(store.getMailRootDir(), canonicalNameToLocal(name));
>
> The trouble is, this only allows for relative names. My original patch 
> checked for the leading '/' so that you could use relative or absolute 
> paths.

The problem is that URLName.getFile returns paths that do not include 
the leading '/', unlike java.net.URL. Typically, in JavaMail 
applications, the mailbox is represented as a URLName rather than the 
user being able to specify the exact string to pass to getFolder(). We 
need a consistent way to treat file paths that doesn't depend on a 
leading '/' - if you have any suggestions they would be most welcome.
-- 
Chris Burdess