Subject: Re: dotted names in smtp/email?
From: Julien Franiatte (julienf@cam.nist.gov)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 12:13:17 AKST
One way to do it, is to give a login to John Doe, such as jdoe (or
superman) and then edit /etc/aliases and enter something like:
John.Doe: jdoe
It will redirect John.Doe@somewhere.com to jdoe@somewhere.com .
Julien
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 lee@afabco.com wrote:
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> I'm setting up an smtp/cyrus mail server for some folks to use in their
> company. It'll be mostly internal, but of course some will go out to other
> folks.
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> They want to use dotted names to the left of the @, eg,
> lee.thomison@bozo.com instead of leethomison or lee_thomison.
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> I have a vague nagging rememberance of some subtle sneaky nasties and
> gotchas that can happen if we use dots to the left of the @ so it's a bad
> idea. Is this right, or does it matter?
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> thanks!
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> Lee
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