Re: user name length

Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2002, Glenn Hocking wrote: sendmail and qpopper. so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a total different user than [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have run courier imap/pop with mysql support and all beneath one unix account for all mailboxes. It works like a

Re: user name length

Hi, On Thu, 16 May 2002, Glenn Hocking wrote: sendmail and qpopper. so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a total different user than [EMAIL PROTECTED] The easiest way to do that is to move to a setup where pop3 users != unix users. The conceptual way to do this is to have all mboxes/maildirs

Re: user name length

Thanks However I have been running virtual email where user != email address for some time. I have a new client that is currently using a setup of full email address including '@' as the user name. I have modified my system to handle this with the 32 char limitation. Is there a way to

Re: user name length

It's actually very easy to do virtual users with standard unix users, I use sendmail with feature 'stickyhost' and just use a virtusertable as follows [EMAIL PROTECTED] publish01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] publish01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] client01 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: user name length

Hi Jeremy Sorry but I'm using standard sendmail and qpopper. The stickhost and virtusertable 'features' have been around for a while. I've been using this setup since 1996 with great success. Cheers Glenn Hocking Publish Media Pty Ltd http://www.sitegeneral.com/ Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

Re: user name length

an alternative character and then replace it with an at-sign before doing a getpwnam(3).) As for user name length, I did several tests the past few years with Debian Linux (and some BSDs) with long user names. I have had usernames with over hundred characters (with Debian Linux) that I

Re: user name length

On Thu, 16 May 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: I have also used sendmail's virtusertable workaround for many years. I am not sure how you could use full user@domain as the virtusertable alias (right hand side) and sendmail would know that it was really a local getpwent username (and not relay to

Re: user name length

er since severalPOP3 clients automatically get rid of the at-sign and domain. (I don'tthink standard qpopper can be configured to use an alternative characterand then replace it with an at-sign before doing a getpwnam(3).)As for user name length, I did several tests the past few years withDebian Linux (and s

Re: user name length

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glenn Hocking) [2002.05.16 22:39]: It turns out the problem is user names that are over 32 characters. This is why useradd worked sometimes. The escape '\@' was a red herring. I will still use '\@' as it seems more correct but this does not fix my problem. Can

Re: user name length

sendmail and qpopper. so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a total different user than [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a new client that wants to use their original email setups that use the full email address for pop3. Not sure what system the used to use (NT) but their usernames are as above. It all works