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Date:      Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:50:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Steven Fletcher <ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 8 char username limitations
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980403074826.14912C-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>

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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Steven Fletcher wrote:

> 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
...
> Does anyone know how I can allow usernames longer than 8 chars?

  Does everyone have the "-pickup" suffix?  It would be a simple mod to
qpopper to strip such a suffix.

  The next part of the solution is do a "make world" with username set to
16 characters.

> TIA,
> 
> -Steven Fletcher (steven@shellnet.co.uk)

Tom


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