Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:27:59 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Steven Fletcher <ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8 char username limitations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980403092438.17541C-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>
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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Steven Fletcher wrote: > 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.......... A fairly simple way to do this, if there are no collisions truncating the account names to 8 characters, is using /etc/aliases and a hack to popper. That's what I did when moving mail from an SVR4 system to FreeBSD. I'm using ipop3d and can send you a patch if that's what you have. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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