Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote on 15/03/2006 17:34: > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Ondrej Sury wrote: > >>>please change the option 'lmtp_downcase_rcpt:' in /etc/imapd.conf to >>>'yes' as the default. It is disabled by default so that usernames become >>>case sensitive. >> >>I am for keeping status quo. > > So am I. We should follow upstream's default on this issue IMO. [...] > Now, for what I think should be requested upstream: RFC2821 clearly states > (see page 37) that hosts should try to have case-*insensitive* local parts, > so IMHO we would have grounds for asking upstream to change that default.
Before your mail, I would also have been for keeping the status quo (Since I remembered that local parts are case sensitive according to internet standards). However, your mail has rectified my memory, and I would tend to change the default, even if upstream doesn't do so. However, we should do this in a way which doesn't interfere with existing installations (don't cause breakage by updates within the same major release - 2.2). In other words: Leave the default value in the binary as is and change the packages imapd.conf to include a: lmtp_downcase_rcpt: 1 cu, sven -- --------------------- [ SECURITY NOTICE ] --------------------- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] For your security, [EMAIL PROTECTED] digitally signed this message on 15 March 2006 at 17:17:58 UTC. Verify this digital signature at http://www.ciphire.com/verify. ---------------- [ CIPHIRE DIGITAL SIGNATURE ] ---------------- Q2lwaGlyZSBTaWcuAjgzNTcwNDBAYnVncy5kZWJpYW4ub3JnLCBod2lsbWVyQGNv bmRvci1zZXJ2aWNlcy5kZQBzbUBjaXBoaXJlbGFicy5jb20AZW1haWwgYm9keQDS AwAAfAB8AAAAAQAAAEZMGETSAwAAQAIAAgACAAIAIO6P7dw88mz7Gb7w7bmGGBe8 eE0DuiNu4PPfATa+0F8kAQAgMutSwDEZAbdWroRLKEl0mtBLYNIm0udQiL2LpOYK pXf2IEuYaUwDxw9sI/wG//TMivVV1lIog1SuX6tfFVQNiab4U2lnRW5k ------------------ [ END DIGITAL SIGNATURE ] ------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
