From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 3 05:10:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA00725 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 05:10:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp.shellnet.co.uk (smtp.shellnet.co.uk [194.129.209.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA00711 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 05:10:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk) Received: from mailhost.shellnet.co.uk (mailhost.shellnet.co.uk [194.129.209.3]) by smtp.shellnet.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA04237 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:10:24 GMT Received: by mailhost.shellnet.co.uk with MERCUR-SMTP/POP3-Server (v2.10) for at Fri, 3 Apr 98 14:10:21 +0100 From: ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 8 char username limitations Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 13:11:50 GMT Message-ID: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id FAA00716 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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