Subject: Re: dotted names in smtp/email?
arthur@corlissfamily.org
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 14:56:57 AKST
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 lee@afabco.com wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> They want to use dotted names to the left of the @, eg,
> lee.thomison@bozo.com instead of leethomison or lee_thomison.
>
> 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?
I don't believe that's the case any more with most software. On the mail
side, handling that's cake. While I haven't tested it, I would think that
login/etc., should readily accept '.'s as a valid part of the login username.
Some software packages do place length restrictions on the username, but that
would be the only potential stumbling block I could think of off-hand.
And, as someone else pointed out, you could always give them a unique &
friendy login, with the dotted address a mail alias only. . .
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
"Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
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