>From: Brian Candler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 06 December 2006 12:14 >To: Paul Dabbs >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Courier-imap] (no subject) > >Please do not reply privately to me. > >On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:26:05AM -0000, Paul Dabbs wrote: >> >How you do this depends on the authentication module you are using, >> >and >> you gave absolutely no details on how your system is set up for >> authentication. >> > >> >For example, if you are using authuserdb then you can put whatever >> usernames you like in the file, with or without domains. >> > >> >Or working the other way round, you can also use the DEFDOMAIN option >> to append a domain of your choice to logins which don't include a >> domain. >> > >> >Brian. >> >> >> >> Thanks for you reply, apologies for the lack of info, I quickly posted v> from work! Initially I only wanted general information, rather than >> installation specific, but as you correctly guessed, that has quickly
>> changed! >> v> I am using authmysql, which successfully connects to a mysql database >> and gathers the relevant user/password combination. However the >> problem I am having is as follows: v> >> With Thunderbird set to use mail.domain.com, for both imap and smtp, v> it sends [EMAIL PROTECTED], rather than [EMAIL PROTECTED] (which is >> the email address stored in the database), so authentication fails due >> to bad username. > >Well, in the first place this is a client configuration issue. You could just configure your Thunderbird client with IMAP username set to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >> I want to be able to do both things I asked above, ie if a user logs >> in with just a user name then append @domain.com to the name, > >See DEFDOMAIN in the pop3d/imapd config files > >> or if the user logs in with [EMAIL PROTECTED], then rewrite the >> address as [EMAIL PROTECTED] before the address is authenticated against >> the database. > >So you want the same user to be able to login with two different E-mail addresses? Then you can put two different entries in your mysql database for each >user; or you can use a custom SQL query in authmysqlrc to perform the mapping. > >> >> Sorry if I am not giving you enough info, but I'm fairly new to linux >> server configuration! >> >> If it helps, I used the following guide to set up my server: >> http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/ >> > >Brian. Sorry for the private reply, I didn't realise I had hit the 'reply' button in MS Outlook. Thanks for your help, I will give your suggestions a go when I get home tonight. Regards, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
