Hello Tim,
Am 2009-05-20 21:44:54, schrieb Tim Lyth:
> I have a kind of email alias system set up on my courier-{imap,mta}
> system.
>
> I use MySQL for the user database, and maildirs.
>
> I have set courier-imap to require a non-blank password. Therefore if a
I do not understand WHY you have setup that it requires a non-blank
passwordsince it is the default or I am wrong?
> blank password is supplied, courier-imap rejects the login attempt.
> Using this feature, I've designed my MySQL database to permit NULL in
> the password field.
> "Real" email addresses have a password defined.
> "Alias" email addresses have no password defined, BUT the 'homedir'
> field matches that of one of the "Real" email addresses.
>
> As Courier-MTA doesn't care for the password fields when receiving
> email, I have a clear and simple way to identify where email was sent
> to. It also means that I can easily set up sorting rules within email
> clients without much hassle. :)
>
> This is about as close as I think you could get to true aliases when
> using an SQL database directly with Courier-{imap,mta}.
>
> Hope this provides you with the capabilities you want.
Hmmm, I will try this.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
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