I implemented something similar myself, but had the domain name read from an environment variable. That way you can run different default domains on different server IP addresses without having multiple qmail installs.
Roland > -----Original Message----- > From: Gianluca Marcari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2003 5:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [good?] Default domain for pop logins > > > Hello, > > I just migrated a sendmail system to qmail-ldap with virtual > domains. Due to the virtual domain nature of the new > structure, my old users would be required to change their POP > usernames in their mailers from "username" to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" but, in order to avoid thousands of support > calls, I would rather allow them to use the old parameters > (of course this is only for the old, pre-qmail, domain. All > new domains would obviously require the user to specify the > domain as well). > > After googling around a bit, I realized that no such thing > exists (or my googling skills are really bad) and decided to > implement it myself. > > Since all of my "real" (production) qmail installs have been > migrations, I think such a feature could indeed prove useful > for many situations like mine. So I'm here, asking to the > community: Do you think it's interesting, or was it left out > on purpose because it's contrary to something in the Qmail philosophy? > > If it's interesting I can clean it up a bit and send a patch > (it's a bit ugly at the moment, and not even parametric. > Ideally it should read the "me" file from the qmail/control > directory). > > Ciao, > > ----- > Gianluca Marcari - netXpertise Founder and CTO - Un*x and > Networking Xpertise > Mobile: +39(335) 8420-577 Fax: +39(335) 0-8420-577 > netXpertise s.r.l. http://www.netXpertise.com Via > Francesco Satolli N.16 - 00165 Rome, Italy > >
