Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:49:56 -0800 From: Samara McCord <mccord@zytek.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Usernames (was Sendmail, POP3 & RADIUS, etc.) Message-ID: <199612301949.LAA03741@syzygy.zytek.com>
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>Aha. But... I am then back to my original problem. I can't have >8 char >login names. And if I use sendmail db stuff I will still only be >redirecting it to a login with < 8 chars so they will still have to be >unique. > >If only there was a POP3d that would tie in with Sendmail's db >features.... > Matt, you alluded to this earlier, but one approach is have sendmail map either a "user@subdomain.domain" or a "full.name@domain" to an 8 character ugly name, e.g. xyz0001, and then have the POP users use this for POP retrieval only, not for return addresses. If you have no shell logins, this will work because most POP3 clients, in particular Eudora and Netscape, have a separate entry for POP user name and for Return Address. Can be confusing, but have decided to adopt this approach until something better comes along. Sam
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