Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 15:13:13 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Stanford <richards@herald.net> To: Samara McCord <mccord@zytek.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Usernames (was Sendmail, POP3 & RADIUS, etc.) Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.961231151032.121818A-100000@future.dsc.dalsys.com> In-Reply-To: <199612312029.MAA08525@syzygy.zytek.com>
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On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Samara McCord wrote: > How do I explain to company A that the user name: "joeblow" is > not available because company B has already used it? Only by making > the POP user name (and hence the /etc/password name) so ugly that they > don't confuse it with an email address (and in fact, not useable as an > email address), and then training them to use POP user names as strictly > internal and then we can map whatever domain-specific email name (i.e. > return address) they want into that 8-character ugly name. Sell it as a security feature. Point out that you allow, say, 25 character mail names and web addresses (for non-virtualhost customers) and alias them. Then tell them that their login name to your servers is ________ (or let them pick one) for security reasons to protect their account. And if they want it to be the same as their <9 character mail/web name -- let them. If it's available. -Richard
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