Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 12:41:27 -0700 (MST) From: Andy Kohtz <andrew@kohtz.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: usernames longer than 8 characters Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011231070.13246-100000@kohtz.com>
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Hello fellow FreeBSD junkies, The new company I have started to work for wants me to convert their existing internet e-mail system to a UNIX (FreeBSD was my choice of course) system running sendmail. Their current e-mail software (please don't laugh) is AIMS, the Apple Internet Mail Server, running on a Macintosh. AIMS supports usernames in excess of 8 characters. My problem is that there are a heck of a lot of people who are using usernames longer than 8 characters in their pop account settings for their e-mail programs. Is there a way I can make FreeBSD (or any UNIX in general) understand usernames longer than 8 characters so the system can remain backwords compatible, or am I going to experience hell when I make this change? If anyone has any suggestions or has faced a similar situation I would greatly appreciate your imput. Thank you in advance. :-) - Andrew Kohtz - akohtz@amug.org - andrew@kohtz.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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