Just catching up on emails in this box, and have 4 notes on this topic: 1. The dash being a delimiter is embedded inside of qmail. It was done so primarily to help the likes of the ezmlm group management system, but it comes in handy in TONS of ways. (For example, I use dan=ms@mydomain as my email at live.com so that when SPAM shows up in my inbox having been addresses to dan-ms@mydomain, I know that Microsoft has sold my email address (or leaked it in a data breach!)). 2. You cannot change the delimiter in qmail unless you recompile the code. It’s not a variable that is set somewhere (AFIK). It’s OLD qmail. 3. The qmail-users file is designed for use in old-qmail – but we (qmt) use qmail with vpopmail – so the folders are located differently. Just an FYI for when you go out and read some of the documentation for the format of that file. 4. You CAN accomplish using + as a delimiter by using vpopmail aliases…. But that’s not likely what you want at all.
Dan From: Eric Broch [mailto:ebr...@whitehorsetc.com] Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 12:45 PM To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] question about qmailtoaster and + as a delimiter instead of the default - option Perhaps, This may help, although, honestly, I wouldn't know now how to implement it. http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#qmail-users Eric On 2/3/2017 10:33 AM, Eric Broch wrote: Okay, I understand. I'm not sure how to use a + instead of a -, easily in qmail. On 2/3/2017 9:58 AM, Michiel van Es wrote: Hi Eric, I don't want to create a new user but it should be all sent to the same mailbox. For example test+t...@domain.ltd <mailto:test+t...@domain.ltd> should go to the mailbox of user t...@domain.ltd <mailto:t...@domain.ltd> . The good thing with the delimiter is that you can use user+websitewhereyouveboughtsomethin...@domain.ltd <mailto:user+websitewhereyouveboughtsomethin...@domain.ltd> and it is always sent to the u...@domain.ltd <mailto:u...@domain.ltd> mailbox where the user can filter the detail part and sent it to a subfolder and keep track on all those websites. Cheers, Michiel 2017-02-03 17:27 GMT+01:00 Eric Broch <ebr...@whitehorsetc.com <mailto:ebr...@whitehorsetc.com> >: Hi Michiel I have to admit that I know nothing about the delimiters in qmail, but as a test set up two accounts on my own server: 1) test+t...@mydomain.com <mailto:test+t...@mydomain.com> 2) test-t...@mydomain.com <mailto:test-t...@mydomain.com> qmail accepted mail for both users. Personally I use Maildrop, but have looked into using Sieve for Dovecot 'triggered' by its own LDA, 'deliver' here: http://www.qmailtoaster.org/notes.html originally here: wiki: http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Qmail Eric On 2/3/2017 9:04 AM, Michiel van Es wrote: Hi Eric, Correct. I use sieve to filter on the detail part. Cheers, Michiel 2017-02-03 16:27 GMT+01:00 Eric Broch <ebr...@whitehorsetc.com <mailto:ebr...@whitehorsetc.com> >: Hi Michiel, Are you talking about an address like test+t...@domain.tld <mailto:test+t...@domain.tld> as opposed to test+t...@domain.tld <mailto:test+t...@domain.tld> ? Eric On 2/3/2017 6:19 AM, Michiel van Es wrote: Hi, I am using Postfix/OpenSMTPD which use the + as delimiter which I can filter on with sieve (dovecot). I know that the default delimiter in Qmail is - and if you want to change it, you have to recompile Qmail to use + as a delimiter. My question is: is there an easy way to switch from the - delimiter to + so I can keep my current email addresses intact? Cheers, Michiel -- Eric Broch, IMSO, DAM, NGOO, DITH, URTS White Horse Technical Consulting (WHTC) 406.214.6802 <tel:406.214.6802> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com <mailto:qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com> For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com <mailto:qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com> -- Eric Broch, IMSO, DAM, NGOO, DITH, URTS White Horse Technical Consulting (WHTC) 406.214.6802 <tel:%28406%29%20214-6802> -- Eric Broch, IMSO, DAM, NGOO, DITH, URTS White Horse Technical Consulting (WHTC) 406.214.6802 -- Eric Broch, IMSO, DAM, NGOO, DITH, URTS White Horse Technical Consulting (WHTC) 406.214.6802
