Version 2.1.3, though I have heard tale of a patch for 2.0.16!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adam Fox
> Sent: 18 April 2002 03:45
> To: David Fuchs
> Cc: info-cyrus
> Subject: Re: Usernames with dots in them
>
>
> What version of the IMAP server is that under? I'm running 2.0.16 and I
> couldn't find any reference to that option under the imapd.conf man page.
>
> Thanks for the reply,
>
> Adam.
>
> David Fuchs wrote:
>
> > Look into the "unixhierarchysep" option in your imapd.conf - this will
> > allow you to use dots in usernames. Mailboxes will still look like
> > user.adam.fox in your listing, however Cyrus internally records these
> > dots as carots (^).
> >
> > -David Fuchs
> >
> > Adam Fox wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I've installed the cyrus IMAP server for the first time this morning,
> >> and it's running fine. It looks like it will do everything we want it
> >> to do, like not having to add unix users to have a mail user, and to
> >> be able to access mail via POP and IMAP. But there is always a snag
> >> when you find a software package that is too good to be true! We're
> >> in the process of changing over to a newer mail server to replace the
> >> old clunker that does the job now.
> >>
> >> While we do this changeover, we are going to change our email
> >> addresses from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's
> >> that dot inbetween the first and last name that is going to cause a
> >> problem when creating the mailboxes, right? From what I can see, you
> >> cannot have a mailbox called user.adam.fox as the fox will be a
> >> subfolder of adam.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a way to have user names of this format with this
> >> server? Is there an escape character or something that I can put in
> >> front of the dot in the mailbox setup, like user.adam\.fox ?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help,
> >>
> >> Adam Fox.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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