> > If the multilogin plugin stored preferences (and address books and
> > personal dictionaries) into a format such as
> > data/imap-server/imap-username - we might be able to use it, instead
> > of creating multiple instances of SM.. but since we'd want to change
> > configuration options based on which IMAP server the user logs into,
> > I'm not sure if this would be the best solution.
> 
> Well, I'd be happy to take a look at the plugin, or contact you off
> list, and discuss some more precise needs, and be willing to work on
> it directly with you guys.

It has to be a source hack, no real way around it that I can think of;
no way to make it a plugin (although mulitlogin is already a patch).
See my last email.  

> > I haven't really looked into the vlogin plugin much because it
> > appeared to be for ISPs that want to have multiple domains/names for
> > the same IMAP server.. but I'll pull it down and see if it might be
> > an option.
> 
> I think it can work in both directions, would have to get Paul to
> shout up on that one as he's been doing a lot of work on it.

It does, like multilogin, allow you to change any and all settings in
SquirrelMail's main config file on a per-domain or even per-user basis
(multilogin does it, of course, on a per-IMAP server basis).  Its
original intent was as you guessed, but it has evolved to offer a lot
more flexibility than that.  If you are able to sniff a unique URL to
base which IMAP server to use, or if you can categorize users according
to the format of their username, you could use its per-user
functionality to dynamically assign an IMAP server (and any other
settings).  The most recent version allows the use of wildcards to
specify users in the per-user settings to make this much more powerful
(I've attached it to this email, as it's not yet released).

Cheers,

  paul

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