1. Is it safe to suggest to this user to (setq imap-use-utf7 nil)? 2. Should imap-utf7-decode work on this string with non-nil imap-use-utf7? It contains only ASCII characters, but the "&" triggers the error: signal(error ("Unable to convert from Unicode")) error("Unable to convert from Unicode") utf7-u16-latin1-char-converter() utf7-fragment-decode(207 210 t) utf7-decode-internal(t) utf7-decode("Public Folders/Business Units/SC WW Sales and Marketing/Reporting/Commissions/2005 Commissions/2005 Adjustments/*2005 Closed Adjustments/*closed*7.1.05 through 7.31.05/*closed*EPIC Tut Systems Videotele &IBM- TMS320C6415TGLZ1" t) -- Kevin Rodgers