# *- coding: utf-8 -*-
# mailbox.py
# Copyright (C) 2013-2015 LEAP
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"""
IMAP Mailbox.
"""
import re
import os
import io
import cStringIO
import StringIO
import time
from collections import defaultdict
from email.utils import formatdate
from twisted.internet import defer
from twisted.internet import reactor
from twisted.logger import Logger
from twisted.mail import imap4
from zope.interface import implements
from leap.common.check import leap_assert
from leap.common.check import leap_assert_type
from leap.bitmask.mail.constants import INBOX_NAME, MessageFlags
from leap.bitmask.mail.imap.messages import IMAPMessage
# TODO LIST
# [ ] finish the implementation of IMailboxListener
# [ ] implement the rest of ISearchableMailbox
INIT_FLAGS = (MessageFlags.SEEN_FLAG, MessageFlags.ANSWERED_FLAG,
MessageFlags.FLAGGED_FLAG, MessageFlags.DELETED_FLAG,
MessageFlags.DRAFT_FLAG, MessageFlags.RECENT_FLAG,
MessageFlags.LIST_FLAG)
def make_collection_listener(mailbox):
"""
Wrap a mailbox in a class that can be hashed according to the mailbox name.
This means that dicts or sets will use this new equality rule, so we won't
collect multiple instances of the same mailbox in collections like the
MessageCollection set where we keep track of listeners.
"""
class HashableMailbox(object):
def __init__(self, mbox):
self.mbox = mbox
# See #8083, pixelated adaptor seems to be misusing this class.
self.mailbox_name = self.mbox.mbox_name
def __hash__(self):
return hash(self.mbox.mbox_name)
def __eq__(self, other):
return self.mbox.mbox_name == other.mbox.mbox_name
def notify_new(self):
self.mbox.notify_new()
return HashableMailbox(mailbox)
class IMAPMailbox(object):
"""
A Soledad-backed IMAP mailbox.
Implements the high-level method needed for the Mailbox interfaces.
The low-level database methods are contained in the generic
MessageCollection class. We receive an instance of it and it is made
accessible in the `collection` attribute.
"""
implements(
imap4.IMailbox,
imap4.IMailboxInfo,
imap4.ISearchableMailbox,
# XXX I think we do not need to implement CloseableMailbox, do we?
# We could remove ourselves from the collectionListener, although I
# think it simply will be garbage collected.
# imap4.ICloseableMailbox
imap4.IMessageCopier)
init_flags = INIT_FLAGS
CMD_MSG = "MESSAGES"
CMD_RECENT = "RECENT"
CMD_UIDNEXT = "UIDNEXT"
CMD_UIDVALIDITY = "UIDVALIDITY"
CMD_UNSEEN = "UNSEEN"
log = Logger()
# TODO we should turn this into a datastructure with limited capacity
_listeners = defaultdict(set)
def __init__(self, collection, rw=1):
"""
:param collection: instance of MessageCollection
:type collection: MessageCollection
:param rw: read-and-write flag for this mailbox
:type rw: int
"""
self.rw = rw
self._uidvalidity = None
self.collection = collection
self.collection.addListener(make_collection_listener(self))
@property
def mbox_name(self):
return self.collection.mbox_name
@property
def listeners(self):
"""
Returns listeners for this mbox.
The server itself is a listener to the mailbox.
so we can notify it (and should!) after changes in flags
and number of messages.
:rtype: set
"""
return self._listeners[self.mbox_name]
def get_imap_message(self, message):
d = defer.Deferred()
IMAPMessage(message, store=self.collection.store, d=d)
return d
# FIXME this grows too crazily when many instances are fired, like
# during imaptest stress testing. Should have a queue of limited size
# instead.
def addListener(self, listener):
"""
Add a listener to the listeners queue.
The server adds itself as a listener when there is a SELECT,
so it can send EXIST commands.
:param listener: listener to add
:type listener: an object that implements IMailboxListener
"""
listeners = self.listeners
self.log.debug('Adding mailbox listener: %s. Total: %s' % (
listener, len(listeners)))
listeners.add(listener)
def removeListener(self, listener):
"""
Remove a listener from the listeners queue.
:param listener: listener to remove
:type listener: an object that implements IMailboxListener
"""
self.listeners.remove(listener)
def getFlags(self):
"""
Returns the flags defined for this mailbox.
:returns: tuple of flags for this mailbox
:rtype: tuple of str
"""
flags = self.collection.mbox_wrapper.flags
if not flags:
flags = self.init_flags
flags_str = map(str, flags)
return flags_str
def setFlags(self, flags):
"""
Sets flags for this mailbox.
:param flags: a tuple with the flags
:type flags: tuple of str
"""
# XXX this is setting (overriding) old flags.
# Better pass a mode flag
leap_assert(isinstance(flags, tuple),
"flags expected to be a tuple")
return self.collection.set_mbox_attr("flags", flags)
def getUIDValidity(self):
"""
Return the unique validity identifier for this mailbox.
:return: unique validity identifier
:rtype: int
"""
return self.collection.get_mbox_attr("created")
def getUID(self, message_number):
"""
Return the UID of a message in the mailbox
.. note:: this implementation does not make much sense RIGHT NOW,
but in the future will be useful to get absolute UIDs from
message sequence numbers.
:param message: the message sequence number.
:type message: int
:rtype: int
:return: the UID of the message.
"""
# TODO support relative sequences. The (imap) message should
# receive a sequence number attribute: a deferred is not expected
return message_number
def getUIDNext(self):
"""
Return the likely UID for the next message added to this
mailbox. Currently it returns the higher UID incremented by
one.
:return: deferred with int
:rtype: Deferred
"""
d = self.collection.get_uid_next()
return d
def getMessageCount(self):
"""
Returns the total count of messages in this mailbox.
:return: deferred with int
:rtype: Deferred
"""
return self.collection.count()
def getUnseenCount(self):
"""
Returns the number of messages with the 'Unseen' flag.
:return: count of messages flagged `unseen`
:rtype: int
"""
return self.collection.count_unseen()
def getRecentCount(self):
"""
Returns the number of messages with the 'Recent' flag.
:return: count of messages flagged `recent`
:rtype: int
"""
return self.collection.count_recent()
def isWriteable(self):
"""
Get the read/write status of the mailbox.
:return: 1 if mailbox is read-writeable, 0 otherwise.
:rtype: int
"""
# XXX We don't need to store it in the mbox doc, do we?
# return int(self.collection.get_mbox_attr('rw'))
return self.rw
def getHierarchicalDelimiter(self):
"""
Returns the character used to delimite hierarchies in mailboxes.
:rtype: str
"""
return '/'
def requestStatus(self, names):
"""
Handles a status request by gathering the output of the different
status commands.
:param names: a list of strings containing the status commands
:type names: iter
"""
r = {}
maybe = defer.maybeDeferred
if self.CMD_MSG in names:
r[self.CMD_MSG] = maybe(self.getMessageCount)
if self.CMD_RECENT in names:
r[self.CMD_RECENT] = maybe(self.getRecentCount)
if self.CMD_UIDNEXT in names:
r[self.CMD_UIDNEXT] = maybe(self.getUIDNext)
if self.CMD_UIDVALIDITY in names:
r[self.CMD_UIDVALIDITY] = maybe(self.getUIDValidity)
if self.CMD_UNSEEN in names:
r[self.CMD_UNSEEN] = maybe(self.getUnseenCount)
def as_a_dict(values):
return dict(zip(r.keys(), values))
d = defer.gatherResults(r.values())
d.addCallback(as_a_dict)
return d
def addMessage(self, message, flags, date=None, notify_just_mdoc=True):
"""
Adds a message to this mailbox.
:param message: the raw message
:type message: str
:param flags: flag list
:type flags: list of str
:param date: timestamp
:type date: str, or None
:param notify_just_mdoc:
boolean passed to the wrapper.create method, to indicate whether
we're insterested in being notified right after the mdoc has been
written (as it's the first doc to be written, and quite small, this
is faster, though potentially unsafe).
Setting it to True improves a *lot* the responsiveness of the
APPENDS: we just need to be notified when the mdoc is saved, and
let's just expect that the other parts are doing just fine. This
will not catch any errors when the inserts of the other parts
fail, but on the other hand allows us to return very quickly,
which seems a good compromise given that we have to serialize the
appends.
However, some operations like the saving of drafts need to wait for
all the parts to be saved, so if some heuristics are met down in
the call chain a Draft message will unconditionally set this flag
to False, and therefore ignoring the setting of this flag here.
:type notify_just_mdoc: bool
:return: a deferred that will be triggered with the UID of the added
message.
"""
# TODO should raise ReadOnlyMailbox if not rw.
# TODO have a look at the cases for internal date in the rfc
# XXX we could treat the message as an IMessage from here
# TODO change notify_just_mdoc to something more meaningful, like
# fast_insert_notify?
# TODO notify_just_mdoc *sometimes* make the append tests fail.
# have to find a better solution for this. A workaround could probably
# be to have a list of the ongoing deferreds related to append, so that
# we queue for later all the requests having to do with these.
# A better solution will probably involve implementing MULTIAPPEND
# extension or patching imap server to support pipelining.
if isinstance(message,
(cStringIO.OutputType, StringIO.StringIO, io.BytesIO)):
message = message.getvalue()
leap_assert_type(message, basestring)
if flags is None:
flags = tuple()
else:
flags = tuple(str(flag) for flag in flags)
if date is None:
date = formatdate(time.time())
d = self.collection.add_msg(message, flags, date=date,
notify_just_mdoc=notify_just_mdoc)
d.addErrback(
lambda failure: self.log.failure('Error while adding msg'))
return d
def notify_new(self, *args):
"""
Notify of new messages to all the listeners.
This will be called indirectly by the underlying collection, that will
notify this IMAPMailbox whenever there are changes in the number of
messages in the collection, since we have added ourselves to the
collection listeners.
:param args: ignored.
"""
if not NOTIFY_NEW:
return
def cbNotifyNew(result):
exists, recent = result
for listener in self.listeners:
listener.newMessages(exists, recent)
d = self._get_notify_count()
d.addCallback(cbNotifyNew)
d.addCallback(self.collection.cb_signal_unread_to_ui)
d.addErrback(lambda failure: self.log.failure('Error while notify'))
def _get_notify_count(self):
"""
Get message count and recent count for this mailbox.
:return: a deferred that will fire with a tuple, with number of
messages and number of recent messages.
:rtype: Deferred
"""
# XXX this is way too expensive in cases like multiple APPENDS.
# We should have a way of keep a cache or do a self-increment for that
# kind of calls.
d_exists = defer.maybeDeferred(self.getMessageCount)
d_recent = defer.maybeDeferred(self.getRecentCount)
d_list = [d_exists, d_recent]
def log_num_msg(result):
exists, recent = tuple(result)
self.log.debug(
'NOTIFY (%r): there are %s messages, %s recent' % (
self.mbox_name, exists, recent))
return result
d = defer.gatherResults(d_list)
d.addCallback(log_num_msg)
return d
# commands, do not rename methods
def destroy(self):
"""
Called before this mailbox is permanently deleted.
Should cleanup resources, and set the \\Noselect flag
on the mailbox.
"""
# XXX this will overwrite all the existing flags
# should better simply addFlag
self.setFlags((MessageFlags.NOSELECT_FLAG,))
def remove_mbox(_):
uuid = self.collection.mbox_uuid
d = self.collection.mbox_wrapper.delete(self.collection.store)
d.addCallback(
lambda _: self.collection.mbox_indexer.delete_table(uuid))
return d
d = self.deleteAllDocs()
d.addCallback(remove_mbox)
return d
def expunge(self):
"""
Remove all messages flagged \\Deleted
"""
if not self.isWriteable():
raise imap4.ReadOnlyMailbox
return self.collection.delete_all_flagged()
def _get_message_fun(self, uid):
"""
Return the proper method to get a message for this mailbox, depending
on the passed uid flag.
:param uid: If true, the IDs specified in the query are UIDs;
otherwise they are message sequence IDs.
:type uid: bool
:rtype: callable
"""
get_message_fun = [
self.collection.get_message_by_sequence_number,
self.collection.get_message_by_uid][uid]
return get_message_fun
def _get_messages_range(self, messages_asked, uid=True):
def get_range(messages_asked):
return self._filter_msg_seq(messages_asked)
d = self._bound_seq(messages_asked, uid)
if uid:
d.addCallback(get_range)
d.addErrback(
lambda f: self.log.failure('Error getting msg range'))
return d
def _bound_seq(self, messages_asked, uid):
"""
Put an upper bound to a messages sequence if this is open.
:param messages_asked: IDs of the messages.
:type messages_asked: MessageSet
:return: a Deferred that will fire with a MessageSet
"""
def set_last_uid(last_uid):
messages_asked.last = last_uid
return messages_asked
def set_last_seq(all_uid):
messages_asked.last = len(all_uid)
return messages_asked
if not messages_asked.last:
try:
iter(messages_asked)
except TypeError:
# looks like we cannot iterate
if uid:
d = self.collection.get_last_uid()
d.addCallback(set_last_uid)
else:
d = self.collection.all_uid_iter()
d.addCallback(set_last_seq)
return d
return defer.succeed(messages_asked)
def _filter_msg_seq(self, messages_asked):
"""
Filter a message sequence returning only the ones that do exist in the
collection.
:param messages_asked: IDs of the messages.
:type messages_asked: MessageSet
:rtype: set
"""
# TODO we could pass the asked sequence to the indexer
# all_uid_iter, and bound the sql query instead.
def filter_by_asked(all_msg_uid):
set_asked = set(messages_asked)
set_exist = set(all_msg_uid)
return set_asked.intersection(set_exist)
d = self.collection.all_uid_iter()
d.addCallback(filter_by_asked)
return d
def fetch(self, messages_asked, uid):
"""
Retrieve one or more messages in this mailbox.
from rfc 3501: The data items to be fetched can be either a single atom
or a parenthesized list.
:param messages_asked: IDs of the messages to retrieve information
about
:type messages_asked: MessageSet
:param uid: If true, the IDs are UIDs. They are message sequence IDs
otherwise.
:type uid: bool
:rtype: deferred with a generator that yields...
"""
get_msg_fun = self._get_message_fun(uid)
getimapmsg = self.get_imap_message
def get_imap_messages_for_range(msg_range):
def _get_imap_msg(messages):
d_imapmsg = []
# just in case we got bad data in here
for msg in filter(None, messages):
d_imapmsg.append(getimapmsg(msg))
return defer.gatherResults(d_imapmsg, consumeErrors=True)
def _zip_msgid(imap_messages):
zipped = zip(
list(msg_range), imap_messages)
return (item for item in zipped)
# XXX not called??
def _unset_recent(sequence):
reactor.callLater(0, self.unset_recent_flags, sequence)
return sequence
d_msg = []
for msgid in msg_range:
# XXX We want cdocs because we "probably" are asked for the
# body. We should be smarter at do_FETCH and pass a parameter
# to this method in order not to prefetch cdocs if they're not
# going to be used.
d_msg.append(get_msg_fun(msgid, get_cdocs=True))
d = defer.gatherResults(d_msg, consumeErrors=True)
d.addCallback(_get_imap_msg)
d.addCallback(_zip_msgid)
d.addErrback(
lambda failure: self.log.error(
'Error getting msg for range'))
return d
d = self._get_messages_range(messages_asked, uid)
d.addCallback(get_imap_messages_for_range)
d.addErrback(
lambda failure: self.log.failure('Error on fetch'))
return d
def fetch_flags(self, messages_asked, uid):
"""
A fast method to fetch all flags, tricking just the
needed subset of the MIME interface that's needed to satisfy
a generic FLAGS query.
Given how LEAP Mail is supposed to work without local cache,
this query is going to be quite common, and also we expect
it to be in the form 1:* at the beginning of a session, so
it's not bad to fetch all the FLAGS docs at once.
:param messages_asked: IDs of the messages to retrieve information
about
:type messages_asked: MessageSet
:param uid: If 1, the IDs are UIDs. They are message sequence IDs
otherwise.
:type uid: int
:return: A tuple of two-tuples of message sequence numbers and
flagsPart, which is a only a partial implementation of
MessagePart.
:rtype: tuple
"""
# is_sequence = True if uid == 0 else False
# XXX FIXME -----------------------------------------------------
# imap/tests, or muas like mutt, it will choke until we implement
# sequence numbers. This is an easy hack meanwhile.
is_sequence = False
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
if is_sequence:
raise NotImplementedError(
"FETCH FLAGS NOT IMPLEMENTED FOR MESSAGE SEQUENCE NUMBERS YET")
d = defer.Deferred()
reactor.callLater(0, self._do_fetch_flags, messages_asked, uid, d)
if PROFILE_CMD:
do_profile_cmd(d, "FETCH-ALL-FLAGS")
return d
def _do_fetch_flags(self, messages_asked, uid, d):
"""
:param messages_asked: IDs of the messages to retrieve information
about
:type messages_asked: MessageSet
:param uid: If 1, the IDs are UIDs. They are message sequence IDs
otherwise.
:type uid: int
:param d: deferred whose callback will be called with result.
:type d: Deferred
:rtype: A generator that yields two-tuples of message sequence numbers
and flagsPart
"""
class flagsPart(object):
def __init__(self, uid, flags):
self.uid = uid
self.flags = flags
def getUID(self):
return self.uid
def getFlags(self):
return map(str, self.flags)
def pack_flags(result):
_uid, _flags = result
return _uid, flagsPart(_uid, _flags)
def get_flags_for_seq(sequence):
d_all_flags = []
for msgid in sequence:
# TODO implement sequence numbers here too
d_flags_per_uid = self.collection.get_flags_by_uid(msgid)
d_flags_per_uid.addCallback(pack_flags)
d_all_flags.append(d_flags_per_uid)
gotflags = defer.gatherResults(d_all_flags)
gotflags.addCallback(get_uid_flag_generator)
return gotflags
def get_uid_flag_generator(result):
generator = (item for item in result)
d.callback(generator)
d_seq = self._get_messages_range(messages_asked, uid)
d_seq.addCallback(get_flags_for_seq)
return d_seq
@defer.inlineCallbacks
def fetch_headers(self, messages_asked, uid):
"""
A fast method to fetch all headers, tricking just the
needed subset of the MIME interface that's needed to satisfy
a generic HEADERS query.
Given how LEAP Mail is supposed to work without local cache,
this query is going to be quite common, and also we expect
it to be in the form 1:* at the beginning of a session, so
**MAYBE** it's not too bad to fetch all the HEADERS docs at once.
:param messages_asked: IDs of the messages to retrieve information
about
:type messages_asked: MessageSet
:param uid: If true, the IDs are UIDs. They are message sequence IDs
otherwise.
:type uid: bool
:return: A tuple of two-tuples of message sequence numbers and
headersPart, which is a only a partial implementation of
MessagePart.
:rtype: tuple
"""
# TODO implement sequences
is_sequence = True if uid == 0 else False
if is_sequence:
raise NotImplementedError(
"FETCH HEADERS NOT IMPLEMENTED FOR SEQUENCE NUMBER YET")
class headersPart(object):
def __init__(self, uid, headers):
self.uid = uid
self.headers = headers
def getUID(self):
return self.uid
def getHeaders(self, _):
return dict(
(str(key), str(value))
for key, value in
self.headers.items())
messages_asked = yield self._bound_seq(messages_asked, uid)
seq_messg = yield self._filter_msg_seq(messages_asked)
result = []
for msgid in seq_messg:
msg = yield self.collection.get_message_by_uid(msgid)
headers = headersPart(msgid, msg.get_headers())
result.append((msgid, headers))
defer.returnValue(iter(result))
def store(self, messages_asked, flags, mode, uid):
"""
Sets the flags of one or more messages.
:param messages: The identifiers of the messages to set the flags
:type messages: A MessageSet object with the list of messages requested
:param flags: The flags to set, unset, or add.
:type flags: sequence of str
:param mode: If mode is -1, these flags should be removed from the
specified messages. If mode is 1, these flags should be
added to the specified messages. If mode is 0, all
existing flags should be cleared and these flags should be
added.
:type mode: -1, 0, or 1
:param uid: If true, the IDs specified in the query are UIDs;
otherwise they are message sequence IDs.
:type uid: bool
:return: A deferred, that will be called with a dict mapping message
sequence numbers to sequences of str representing the flags
set on the message after this operation has been performed.
:rtype: deferred
:raise ReadOnlyMailbox: Raised if this mailbox is not open for
read-write.
"""
if not self.isWriteable():
self.log.info('Read only mailbox!')
raise imap4.ReadOnlyMailbox
d = defer.Deferred()
reactor.callLater(0, self._do_store, messages_asked, flags,
mode, uid, d)
d.addCallback(self.collection.cb_signal_unread_to_ui)
d.addErrback(lambda f: self.log.error('Error on store'))
return d
def _do_store(self, messages_asked, flags, mode, uid, observer):
"""
Helper method, invoke set_flags method in the IMAPMessageCollection.
See the documentation for the `store` method for the parameters.
:param observer: a deferred that will be called with the dictionary
mapping UIDs to flags after the operation has been
done.
:type observer: deferred
"""
# TODO we should prevent client from setting Recent flag
get_msg_fun = self._get_message_fun(uid)
leap_assert(not isinstance(flags, basestring),
"flags cannot be a string")
flags = tuple(flags)
def set_flags_for_seq(sequence):
def return_result_dict(list_of_flags):
result = dict(zip(list(sequence), list_of_flags))
observer.callback(result)
return result
d_all_set = []
for msgid in sequence:
d = get_msg_fun(msgid)
d.addCallback(lambda msg: self.collection.update_flags(
msg, flags, mode))
d_all_set.append(d)
got_flags_setted = defer.gatherResults(d_all_set)
got_flags_setted.addCallback(return_result_dict)
return got_flags_setted
d_seq = self._get_messages_range(messages_asked, uid)
d_seq.addCallback(set_flags_for_seq)
return d_seq
# ISearchableMailbox
def search(self, query, uid):
"""
Search for messages that meet the given query criteria.
Warning: this is half-baked, and it might give problems since
it offers the SearchableInterface.
We'll be implementing it asap.
:param query: The search criteria
:type query: list
:param uid: If true, the IDs specified in the query are UIDs;
otherwise they are message sequence IDs.
:type uid: bool
:return: A list of message sequence numbers or message UIDs which
match the search criteria or a C{Deferred} whose callback
will be invoked with such a list.
:rtype: C{list} or C{Deferred}
"""
# TODO see if we can raise w/o interrupting flow
# :raise IllegalQueryError: Raised when query is not valid.
# example query:
# ['UNDELETED', 'HEADER', 'Message-ID',
# XXX fixme, does not exist
# '52D44F11.9060107@dev.bitmask.net']
# TODO hardcoding for now! -- we'll support generic queries later on
# but doing a quickfix for avoiding duplicate saves in the draft
# folder. # See issue #4209
if len(query) > 2:
if query[1] == 'HEADER' and query[2].lower() == "message-id":
msgid = str(query[3]).strip()
self.log.debug('Searching for %s' % (msgid,))
d = self.collection.get_uid_from_msgid(str(msgid))
d.addCallback(lambda result: [result])
return d
# nothing implemented for any other query
self.log.warn('Cannot process query: %s' % (query,))
return []
# IMessageCopier
def copy(self, message):
"""
Copy the given message object into this mailbox.
:param message: an IMessage implementor
:type message: LeapMessage
:return: a deferred that will be fired with the message
uid when the copy succeed.
:rtype: Deferred
"""
# if PROFILE_CMD:
# do_profile_cmd(d, "COPY")
# A better place for this would be the COPY/APPEND dispatcher
# in server.py, but qtreactor hangs when I do that, so this seems
# to work fine for now.
# d.addCallback(lambda r: self.reactor.callLater(0, self.notify_new))
# deferLater(self.reactor, 0, self._do_copy, message, d)
# return d
d = self.collection.copy_msg(message.message,
self.collection.mbox_uuid)
return d
# convenience fun
def deleteAllDocs(self):
"""
Delete all docs in this mailbox
"""
# FIXME not implemented
return self.collection.delete_all_docs()
def unset_recent_flags(self, uid_seq):
"""
Unset Recent flag for a sequence of UIDs.
"""
# FIXME not implemented
return self.collection.unset_recent_flags(uid_seq)
def __repr__(self):
"""
Representation string for this mailbox.
"""
return u"" % (
self.mbox_name, self.collection.count())
_INBOX_RE = re.compile(INBOX_NAME, re.IGNORECASE)
def normalize_mailbox(name):
"""
Return a normalized representation of the mailbox ``name``.
This method ensures that an eventual initial 'inbox' part of a
mailbox name is made uppercase.
:param name: the name of the mailbox
:type name: unicode
:rtype: unicode
"""
# XXX maybe it would make sense to normalize common folders too:
# trash, sent, drafts, etc...
if _INBOX_RE.match(name):
# ensure inital INBOX is uppercase
return INBOX_NAME + name[len(INBOX_NAME):]
return name