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When saving, enter the following:

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( (    /|                    #  #   |  ___|
|  \  ( | ##  ##    ####    #    #  | |__  
|   \ | | ######   ##  ##   #    #  |  __| 
| (\ \) | ######   ##       #  # #  | |___ 
| | \   | ##  ##   ## ###    #  #   \____/ 
| )  \  | ##  ##   ##  ##     ## #         
|/    )_) ##  ##    ####

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After sending a mail message, the right frame displays a warning:
<code>
ERROR : Bad or malformed request.
Server responded: Received: BAD Command unrecognized: FROM
</code>
The syslog for imapd suggests that Squirrelmail is writing the whole message to imapd.

The problem may be that the user has a directory called "Sent" and squirrelmail is trying to append to a folder called "Sent" - and is not seeing an error status and persists in writing. Check the user preferences to see if the "sent" option points to a writable folder
Andrew Daviel <advax@triumf.ca>

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For cyrus-imap: Another solution could be a line in /etc/imapd.conf
<code>
altnamespace: yes
</code>
in the config.php:
<code>
$optional_delimiter     = '.';
$default_folder_prefix          = '';
$trash_folder                   = 'INBOX.Trash';
$sent_folder                    = 'INBOX.Sent';
$draft_folder                   = 'INBOX.Drafts';
</code>
Enrique Seiffert <ds@caribenet.com>

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* ''Reply:'' The Above fix worked for me running squirrelmail-1.4.4-2 on FC4

This error started to occur to me suddenly. I'm using Debian's Cyrus21 2.1.18-1 and !SquirrelMail 1.4.4-7 and self-compiled PHP 5.1.1. The actual error message when sending was:
<code>
ERROR : Bad or malformed request. Server responded: Received: BAD Unrecognized command 
</code>
I used ethereal to see what's going on, and here's what it said:
<code>
Request: A002 LIST "" "Sent"
Response: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Sent"
Request: A003 APPEND "Sent" (\Seen) \{625}
Response: A003 BAD Missing required argument to Append command
</code>
I then tried to follow the same procedure using telnet, and it gave the same error. Then I looked at the RFC3501 and noticed that there was no \ before the last argument in the examples. I then tried that with telnet, and it worked. This makes me believe that the problem is in !SquirrelMail (though I can not be sure).

I changed row number 895 from file imap_general.php (function sqimap_append) to
<code>
  fputs ($imap_stream, sqimap_session_id() . " APPEND \"$sent_folder\" (\\Seen) {" . $length . "}\r\n");
</code>
after which Sent messages where stored okay.

''NOTE: This issue was fixed several years ago and made part of version 1.4.6.  If this fix solves your problem, you are running drastically outdated code and should upgrade immediately.''

* ''Reply:'' Thanks Vesse!  That was really helpful!
* ''Reply2:'' I was also saved by this information.
* ''Reply3:'' had the same problem, but your solution didn't worked for me. A upgrade to sq-1.4.6-RC1 solved the issue. /Pascal
* ''Reply4:'' Above solution worked fine for me on 1.4.8 with FC5 and nutsmail skin. Thanks - !PsyMan
* ''Reply5:'' Thanks Vesse! I was also saved by this information - for sq-1.4.3a on FC5, I did not have any problem for sq-1.4.9a on FC5 /R.Lin.
* ''Reply6:'' Same here.  Thanks vesse!!
* ''Reply7:'' Thanks a lot man, you're a genius!
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In my case, I was over quota. I did not know because the new mail was pushing me over, but it could not be delivered and so I did not think that I was over -- although it was very close to full (99.1%).  -Pablo

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If you've upgraded to PHP 5.1.1 there's a known bug which can cause this error on send.  The message seems to be sent in spite of the error.  It's under PHP 5.1 in the KnownBugs page.

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