Re: BAD Missing or invalid argument to APPEND

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Robert Hardy wrote:
> I get the error message "BAD Missing or invalid argument to APPEND" from my
> mail clients (Profimail 3.25 and I think alpine 2.00 too) when sending a
> message and it's saving in sent-mail. I tried upgrading to imap-2007e from
> imap-2007b but this hasn't helped.
>
> Can someone tell me if this is a server bug or a client bug, what is wrong
> and ideally how to fix it?

To clarify this only happens rarely with certain messages. Once it happens
with a particular message I can't ever save that message to sent-mail.

I tried to include an attached IMAP trace from Profimail but it seemed to get
striped by the mailing list.

Here is the text inline with the names/addresses changed to protect the
innocent:

Connect
Connection already active, using it
Socket opened
Connect to host mail.mydomain.ca:993
Connect to IP mail IP addr
Connected: mail.mydomain.ca:993
Init SSL
SSL inited
SSL handshake done
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 I18NLEVEL=1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] mail.mydomain.ca IMAP4rev1 2007b.404 at Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:34:59 -0500 (EST)
:> 1 CAPABILITY
* CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 I18NLEVEL=1 LITERAL+ IDLE UIDPLUS NAMESPACE CHILDREN MAILBOX-REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT ESEARCH WITHIN SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
1 OK CAPABILITY completed
:> <login command sent>
2 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 I18NLEVEL=1 LITERAL+ IDLE UIDPLUS NAMESPACE CHILDREN MAILBOX-REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT ESEARCH WITHIN SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND] User rhardy authenticated
:> 3 APPEND "mail/sent-mail_mobile" (\Seen) {990}
+ Ready for argument
:> Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re:_Reply_to_your_"3_Toilets_for_sale_from_renovation"_Ad_on_Kijiji?=
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:56:57 -0500
From: "Robert Hardy" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: LCG ProfiMail
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <377624194.1174331263223621741.JavaMail.root@kj-classy018.intern.kijiji.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed

:> > Yes they are. There is someone interested in 3 coming on Weds but it is 
> first come first serve.

Rob

------- Original message -------
> From: Kijiji Reply (from [email protected]) <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: '10-01-11,  10:27
>
> Hello! The following is a reply to your "3 Toilets for sale from 
> renovation" Ad on Kijiji:
> From: [email protected]
> Hi I am interested in one ... please let me know if they are still 
> available.
> Martha
> You can respond to "[email protected]" by replying to this email. 
:> 
3 BAD Missing or invalid argument to APPEND
Destroying socket
Socket cancel: OK
SSLsock close: OK
Socket close
Ok
~finished
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