This simply isn't true. At UTD we are using altnamespace *and* we allow our users to have a PEA (Personalized Email Address) which can include firstname.lastname@.
If Amos Gouaux is "listening" maybe he can explain *how* he does it, but I certainly can confirm that it can be done, using altnamespace and the . separator. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Project Coordinator University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ AVIEN Founding Member > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Fair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cyrus IMAP Presentation > > > > Do "typical" installations use altnamespace or the hierarchical name > space? > > One point I didn't see on the list about this so far > in regards to "typical" installations and unix hierarchy > separator feature is that without it there is now way to have > a "." in the mailbox name which is important in at least two > "typical" situations. > > 1) firstname.lastname as the mailboxname/userid > or any situation with "." as part of the ID. > and > 2) "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as the mailboxname/userid > > The first is common in some large organizations. > > The second is for all Cyrus installs of versions > 2.0.x and 2.1.x that want to do single IP > virtualhosting without implementing some sort of > rewrite or lookup schema. Version 2.2 will no > longer need the unixhierarchy option to support this. > > I'd consider both of these a common enough mail > installation to make the unixhierarchy separator > worth mentioning. > > -- Michael -- > >
