Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-26 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 26, 2009, at 12:30 PM, mouss wrote: == virtual_alias_maps: /^(joe|jim|jane)-(.*)@(example\.net|example\.com)$/$1...@$3 this converts joe-...@example.com to joe+...@example.com If you don't want to generate the file (and update it when you add users), you can use mysql or friends.

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-26 Thread mouss
Erick Calder wrote: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > >> Erick Calder: >>> On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > You can't replace the delimiter. That would break other people's transit mail, among many things. >>> >>> I'm not sure I understand...

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-26 Thread LuKreme
On Sep 26, 2009, at 0:08, Barney Desmond wrote: LuKreme: sure, it's easy to describe the generally-expected behaviour, but I suspect Wietse's point is that you're welcome to write the patch and make sure nothing breaks. *grin* Aye, there's the rub.

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Barney Desmond
2009/9/26 Erick Calder : > oh, I think i get it.  if server A is just relaying to server B, it will get > e/j...@arix.com and hand e+j...@arix.com to B.  I'm not sure I understand > how that would break the mail (since e+j...@arix.com) is valid and will > still be received.  of course, if B is conf

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread LuKreme
On Sep 25, 2009, at 15:30, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: What if one address matches more than one element in your delimiter set? Only match on the first delimited found, seems like the best idea. user.extension-word+...@example.com If the delimited is + then the extension is e

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: You can't replace the delimiter. That would break other people's transit mail, among many things. I'm not sure I understand... perhaps we're speaking of 2 different things.

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Erick Calder: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Erick Calder: > >> On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > >> > >>> Erick Calder: > >>> > this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that > feature but my only complaint is that many

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that feature but my only complaint is that many systems disallow the + sign in an e-mail address...

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Erick Calder: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Erick Calder: > > > >> this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that > >> feature but my only complaint is that many systems disallow the + > >> sign > >> in an e-mail address... is there a way to have

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that feature but my only complaint is that many systems disallow the + sign in an e-mail address... is there a way to have a character bag work as the delimiter?

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Erick Calder: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Patrick Ben Koetter: > >> Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a > >> standard > >> that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just > >> appear one > >> day and people adopted

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Patrick Ben Koetter: Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a standard that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just appear one day and people adopted it without a spec or anything. Anybody know

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Patrick Ben Koetter: > Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a standard > that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just appear one > day and people adopted it without a spec or anything. > > Anybody knows? As far as I know, the basic email RFCs have

Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a standard that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just appear one day and people adopted it without a spec or anything. Anybody knows? p...@rick -- All technical questions asked privately will be automatical