Michael Chao wrote:
>
> I have already installed the qmail and vpopmail packages.
> Everything works fine right now, but I still have some questions.
>
> According to the vpopmail package, all the users have to retrieve
> their e-mail with the account name "username%domain.com",
> instead to the traditional "username" within the POP3 clients.
>
> Of course the vpopmail is pretty cool & good for multi-domains,
> but the users may confuse about the abnormal account name.
> Is there any solution for this case??
>
> Michael
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are three cases:
1) You can define one domain to be your "default" domain. Users
of that domain only need to put in "user" instead of "user%domain"
./configure --enable-default-domain=test.com
2) You can use IP based domains. Every domain that has a unique IP
can use "user". vpopmail can determine the domain based on the
IP on the server that the user connects to.
./configure --enable-ip-alias-domains=y
3) use "user%domain".
You can use a mixture of all three cases above at the same time.
The POP protocol was not designed to support virtual domains. So there
is no way to uniquely determine which "user" is associated with
which "domain". Hence the use of "%domain" to make the association.
Feedback from system admins about the "%domain" is favorable. Most users
just want to know what to type into thier pop user name field. They
really
don't understand what it means or why it works. They just want to know
what letters to type into thier setup screen. After they set it up,
they move on.
Ken Jones
http://www.inter7.com/vpopmail/
