Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 16:28:25 +0300 (EEST) From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net> To: Steven Fletcher <ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8 char username limitations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980403162544.16970U-100000@beast.gu.net> In-Reply-To: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>
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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Steven Fletcher wrote: > > I think that I am writing to the correct group here, please correct me > if not. freebsd-isp@ ? but anyway... > The NT machines have been acting as POP3 email servers for years now, > with usernames such as "joebloggs-pickup". The idea is that we can > simply swap the machine IP's over, and no-one's mail will need > re-configuring (approx 160 users). Currently, I can't make such > usernames, and I'm pretty sure that a hack here and there should fix > that, but I'll need some pointers. The straightforward solution (bigger hammer :) is to utilize sendmail's USERDB feature, described in sendmail's Operation Manual. Worked for me in a similar situation. Also gives some other nifty features. > -Steven Fletcher (steven@shellnet.co.uk) Best regards, Andrew Stesin nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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