imaplib search() quoting search criteria

[46b0cf55-2dcd-488e-bb32-8b1b03d25e37]

BPO	406705
Nosy	@tim-one, @smontanaro

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GitHub fields: ```python assignee = 'https://github.com/smontanaro' closed_at = created_at = labels = ['library'] title = 'imaplib search() quoting search criteria' updated_at = user = 'https://bugs.python.org/b7kich' ``` bugs.python.org fields: ```python activity = actor = 'skip.montanaro' assignee = 'skip.montanaro' closed = True closed_date = None closer = None components = ['Library (Lib)'] creation = creator = 'b7kich' dependencies = [] files = [] hgrepos = [] issue_num = 406705 keywords = [] message_count = 4.0 messages = ['3768', '3769', '3770', '3771'] nosy_count = 3.0 nosy_names = ['tim.peters', 'skip.montanaro', 'b7kich'] pr_nums = [] priority = 'normal' resolution = 'works for me' stage = None status = 'closed' superseder = None type = None url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue406705' versions = [] ```

[46b0cf55-2dcd-488e-bb32-8b1b03d25e37]

Imaplib IMAP4.search() contains a bug in criteria handling: when sending a single word criterium it gets written to the stream well: M.search(None, 'ALL') produces: GINH16 SEARCH ALL

But a criterium with a white space will be quoted:

    M.search(None,'TEXT Hello')
produces in the tcp stream:
    GINH17 SEARCH "TEXT Hello"

which gets rejected because quotes are only allowed around the string, not the criterium: GINH17 SEARCH TEXT "Hello"

[tim-one]

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Assigned to Skip at random.

[smontanaro]

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This doesn't look like a bug to me. Looks like the search call is incorrect. I think it should be called as

    M.search(None, "TEXT", "Hello")

I've never used the imaplib stuff before, however. I'd welcome some input from someone who has.

Skip

[smontanaro]

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Having heard nothing else on this, I'm going to conclude my reading of the code was correct and am closing it