Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 13:05:41 -0500 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8 char username limitations Message-ID: <199804051805.NAA16247@cerebus.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk> References: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>
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Use Cyrus or some other mail server that does not require you to have UNIX accounts for each mailbox. Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> On 3 April 1998 at 13:11, ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) wrote: > I think that I am writing to the correct group here, please correct me > if not. > > I've been using sendmail 8.8.x on one of our FreeBSD (2.2.5-RELEASE) > boxes for a few months now, and this box has been acting as a mail > relay for a few of our "main" pickup and user send-out, WinNT > machines. > > However, the software running on the NT machines is now struggling, > and I've been asked to move all accounts from these to a BSD box, > running popper. However, here comes a cosmetic problem.......... > > The NT machines have been acting as POP3 email servers for years now, > with usernames such as "joebloggs-pickup". The idea is that we can > simply swap the machine IP's over, and no-one's mail will need > re-configuring (approx 160 users). Currently, I can't make such > usernames, and I'm pretty sure that a hack here and there should fix > that, but I'll need some pointers. > > Does anyone know how I can allow usernames longer than 8 chars? > > TIA, > > -Steven Fletcher (steven@shellnet.co.uk) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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