> True, IMail does not technically allow this character in usernames > added through the built-in admin interfaces. However, the character is > not actually rejected if it is used during the SMTP envelope, so you > can therefore add an alias called "dummyuser," then edit the Registry > value > > HKLM\Software\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\<example.com>\Users\_aliases\dummyuser > > manually to read ...\dummy&user, et al. > Worked great. Thanks.
> Note that I would not recommend trying to tweak the username itself, > since such a username construction is far from standard on the > Internet. It's best to have your users "real" usernames be > IMail-standard, with the alias only in there for legacy compatibility. > Agreed. These users were setup on our system years before I came on board. These aliases are just being setup temporarily since they have been with us for so long. I'm actually surprised they haven't had problems with people emailing them. > This is quite natural, as IMail rules run after the message is > accepted for delivery--so the RCPT TO would have to be accepted during > the SMTP envelope in order for the rules to fire. > Good information to know. Off topic, but is there anyway to get around this? I have been wondering if they is a way to redirect undeliverable messages to a certain account. Maybe setup one account that receives all email that doesn't match another account, and then setup bounce messages after applying inbound rules? ::James Nelson To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
