From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 3 08:11:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21791 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:11:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA21780 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:11:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #3) id 0yL8di-0003so-00; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:44:22 -0800 Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:44:14 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: Andrew Stesin cc: Steven Fletcher , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8 char username limitations In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Andrew Stesin wrote: > > 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. > > The straightforward solution (bigger hammer :) is to utilize > sendmail's USERDB feature, described in sendmail's > Operation Manual. Worked for me in a similar situation. > Also gives some other nifty features. That may preserve peoples long e-mail addresses, but people will have to change their POP3 usernames. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message