--- imaputil.py~	2012-06-02 13:41:46.000000000 +0200
+++ imaputil.py	2013-01-06 23:52:26.992004939 +0100
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 
 # find the first quote in a string
 quotere = re.compile(
-    r"""(?P<quote>"(?:\\"|[^"])*") # Quote, possibly containing encoded
-                                   # quotation mark
-        \s*(?P<rest>.*)$           # Whitespace & remainder of string""",
+    r"""(?P<quote>"[^\"\\]*(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")   # Quote, possibly containing
+                                               # encoded quotation mark
+        \s*(?P<rest>.*)$                       # Whitespace & remainder of string
+    """,
     re.VERBOSE)
 
 def debug(*args):