You'll want to test it to be sure.. but you're probably right. Brain fade there..woops.
-Clayton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 3:55 PM To: Clayton Weise Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [vchkpw] pop username format But if I added the dot to "#define ATCHARS "@%/"" then first dot is interpreted as a separator it seems that then it would prevent future use of [EMAIL PROTECTED] address format as vpopmail will then see it as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Clayton Weise wrote: > Yes, just the bin directory. No, it wouldn't prevent future use of > [EMAIL PROTECTED], those users would simply need to use the username > [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of foo.bar.foobar.com. And yes, telling a user > their name is the same as the email address is much nicer. > > -Clayton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 3:36 PM > To: Clayton Weise > Subject: RE: [vchkpw] pop username format > > > Very good--thanks. Will check my domains to if any are using > that format. When recompiling vpopmail--I shoudl only need to > delete the ~vpopmail/bin/ directory--right? > > Thanks so much for such an easy solution. But then on further > thought it would prevent future use of an email address with > [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is not good. I'll just have to support > clients with a switch to the new usernames--not fun, but best. > It will sure be nice to tell people their username is their > email address--my legacy setup with a dot instead of @ is a > hassle for setup. > > Thanks, > > Joe > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Clayton Weise wrote: > > > Yes, look at vpopmail.h. > > > > #define ATCHARS "@%/" > > > > Just add a . to that. But beware, it will accept the first "." as a > > separator. So let's say email my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] My > > username, in your format, will be foo.bar.foobar.com will be interpreted > by > > vpopmail as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -Clayton > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:16 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [vchkpw] pop username format > > > > > > For backwards compatibility with my current qmail server I will > > need to allow users with a 'username.domain.com' format in > > addition to the standard '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' format for > > POP3 authenticating. > > > > Can someone point me in the right direction to tweak vpopmail to > > allow this format. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Kletch > > CedarNet LLC > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
