On 8.2.2011, at 2.39, ckubu wrote: >>> All my problems concerning the recipient parameter are the result of >>> changing mailsystem from qmail+vpopmail (with default mail extension >>> settings) to postfix+dovecot+lmtp (with non standard >>> recipient_delimeter). Maybe you think, thats a very special situation and >>> theres no sense in implementing that to dovecot. that would be ok too. >> >> I wonder if you could do that address rewriting in SMTP server before >> handing the mail over to Dovecot. So that Dovecot only sees >> user+detail@domain. > > maybe i missunderstood, but the real mailbox name is name-detail@domain and > thats what dovecot sees. so i don't know, what rewriting to do.
I understood that you have to kinds of '-' chars in the username: user-detail@domain user-name-with-dashes@domain Where you could set the rewriting to give them to Dovecot as: user+detail@domain user-name-with-dashes@domain
