KB196260 - OLEXP: Cannot Gain Access to IMAP Folders Using Extended Characters

Article ID: 196260

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01
Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0

This article was previously published under Q196260

For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to use Outlook Express for UNIX to gain access to an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) folder whose name contains extended ASCII characters, you may receive an error message or a core dump.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use Outlook Express for Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows NT, or a third-party mail program to rename the folder so that its name does not contain extended characters.

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