Still a better (and easyer) solution will be to make the mailbox separator
configurable, not only dot.
This way, you can use dots in users name and users just log with
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and use -say- backslash as a mailbox separator.
Mihai
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: Virtual domains
> The answer is still no formal support.
> The only way to get true virtual domain support
> is via multiple IP addresses and a jail system.
> This is just one step below running physically
> different servers.
>
> So unless you have /27 network handy to handle
> just your email domains (you'll acutally probably
> need a /26 which is 63 usable IPs as one goes
> to the router), you're looking at some kind of
> naming system where you either invent some unique
> three or four letter code to append to each email
> name like userddom or you do some kind of pattern
> substitution like user_domain_dom as the login name.
>
> I guess you could get away with non-standard ports
> to give each domain its own unique port but that's
> not very scalable.
>
> The answer for the hoobyist is as follows:
> - name map [EMAIL PROTECTED] to user_domain_dom
> whenever you create an address.
>
> - Using some kind of email name rewriting method
> (MTA dependent), change all incoming addresses
> from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to user_domain_dom.
>
> - Have all users of the system login
> as user_domain_dom. Once they set up their
> user name once they rarely need to type it
> again because the MUA usually saves this info.
>
> - You can point mail.domain.dom to the same IP
> for all domains.
>
> If you wanted to use the partitions in Cyrus
> to physically separate the domains mail store
> you can do this (but you will still need globally
> unique mailbox names).
>
> Happy Hacking!
> -- Michael --
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Riordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "cyrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:38 PM
> Subject: Virtual domains
>
>
> > I know this has been brought up a lot. and I've gone back over my mail
> from
> > this list. But there nothign recent for atleast 2.0 and higher. Next
Week
> I
> > will be building a new server to help with loads and what not. and I'm
not
> > looking forward to reinstalling Cyrus and what not. How ever if I can
> > install the latest Cyrus with Sendmail and support seperate mail spools
> for
> > domains. then my life would be tremendously easier. since I won't have
to
> > route things thru the alias files todo things. and I can get a webmail
> > system up and running. I know someone was running multiple versions via
a
> > Jail system. I am not familiar with jail. I am running FreeBSD4.2 or
what
> > ever is the latest at the point of install :) I don't have much time to
> play
> > with things since it's more of a hobby but I'm running about 30
somethign
> > domains for people. So if anyone can offer some help it would be
greately
> > apriciated.
> >
> >
> > Chris Riordan
> > Hal-9000 Networks
> >
> >
>
>
