> From: "Al Youngwerth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: long user names for POP mailboxes > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:12:53 -0600
> I'm pretty sure that what I want to do is possible because I know some ISPs > do it. > > Here's what I want: to allow users to have an e-mail address and a pop > mailbox that is greater than 8 characters. For example: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Here's my setup: smail 3.2.3, fetchmail 3.9.8 and the standard in.pop3d > that comes with Debian. Just add the long usernames to /etc/passwd, you might have to do this by hand, I can't remember if adduser check the length. I've been doing this for nearly a year with no problems. Login is ok, pop3d is ok, smail is ok. You will probably run into problems after about 100 or 255 chars in length, depending what the smallest buffer is in all the utils. Hope this helps Stephen. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
