dovecot - Jan 2015 - How to quote the special wildcard characters '*' and '?'

Hello,

I am searching for a way to execute doveadm command against mailbox
containing a special wildcard character in its name. For example:

# doveadm expunge -u 'me?@example.com' mailbox 'INBOX.Junk Mail'
SAVEDBEFORE 7

The result is:
doveadm(root): Error: User listing returned failure
doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users

with exit code 75

In the mail log:
dovecot: auth: Error: Trying to iterate users, but userdbs don't support it

To be clear: the question mark is a part of the mailbox's name. Not an
attempt to use it as wildcard.

Is there a way
  1. To quote the special characters
or
  2. To disable wildcard matcing in the -u parameter

regards,

-- 
David Davidov | System Administrator | ICDSoft Ltd.

On 15/01/15 11:17, David Davidov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am searching for a way to execute doveadm command against mailbox
> containing a special wildcard character in its name. For example:
>
> # doveadm expunge -u 'me?@example.com' mailbox 'INBOX.Junk
Mail'
> SAVEDBEFORE 7
>
> The result is:
> doveadm(root): Error: User listing returned failure
> doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users
>
> with exit code 75
>
> In the mail log:
> dovecot: auth: Error: Trying to iterate users, but userdbs don't
support it
>
> To be clear: the question mark is a part of the mailbox's name. Not an
> attempt to use it as wildcard.
>
> Is there a way
>    1. To quote the special characters
> or
>    2. To disable wildcard matcing in the -u parameter
Hello,

I'm struggling with the same problem. Is there a way to escape wildcard 
characters or dovecot must be patched?

Best regards,
Teodor