Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:35:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: dots in usernames? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905121427070.59633-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199905121824.LAA25988@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:15:12 -0400 (EDT) > >From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> > > >People on -current: Just to recap, adduser (and rmuser) disallow .'s in > >usernames on FreeBSD-stable; passwd(5) cites that some mailers have > >problems with dots in usernames. However, they are becoming more common, > >and are a legal part of rfc821. So what are people's thoughts on allowing > >that in -current, and if there's no complaints, backporting it to -stable? > >It seems really really trivial... > > Syntax for valid mailboxes need not correspond to (but should be a > superset of, IMO) syntax for usernames. > > What's the problem you're trying to solve? I'm hoping to simplify things for my users so that they don't need to have a different email address from their username if they have a dot in the local-part. melange@yip.org - Mustard gas: The kids love it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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