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BADCHARSET — BADCHARSET

SEARCH specified unsupported charset

Riposte solution

The IMAP server doesn’t support the character set you asked for in a search. If you’re using Riposte to perform email searches, stick to the UTF-8 charset (or the server default) for queries. In practice, you may not directly control this in Riposte, but ensure any search requests avoid unsupported charsets. No specific API call fixes this; the query itself must be adjusted.

Quick facts

Provider
IMAP
Endpoint / surface
IMAP Protocol

Why it happens

[Protocol-level condition per RFC/extension]

How to fix it

[Adjust client behavior per RFC semantics; often retry or change command/parameters]