It is rumored that on or about 2002-09-11 8:29 AM -0700, Geoff Canyon wrote as follows: >At 6:52 PM -0600 9/10/02, LuKreme wrote: >>On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 08:53 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote: >>> But the POP3 server doesn't have access to that information? >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] logs in to get his email, and the POP3 server >>>doesn't have any way of knowing whether is fred from firstdom.com >>>or fred from seconddom.com? >> >>How could it? Both users are named "fred" >> >>Or are you suggesting that SIMS break RFC and force the cumbersome >>and annoying "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as the login name? > >I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just asking a question about >something that isn't clear. > >With MacHTTP it's easy to allow users to go to www.domain1.com or >www.domain2.com, and get the appropriate sites, even though both are >served from the same machine. The user doesn't have to do anything >different than they would if there were two separate machines. > >It sounds like this isn't the case with SIMS, although it may be >with other mail servers (Communigate?). >-- > >regards, > >Geoff Canyon
Geoff At the risk of flogging this dead horse even more ... With MacHTTP, the "users" are actually outsiders who put "www.domain1.com" into their browsers. Based on the rules you gave it, Mac HTTP maps "www.domain1.com" to a particular folder, which may or may not be called "domain1". Similarly, when outsiders send mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", SIMS maps that mail to a particular mailbox (a file) which may or may not be called "fred". SIMS keeps ALL mailboxes in one folder, so two cannot have the same name. Other mail servers may use a different mailbox scheme which means they could have the same name. I don't use Communigate, so I can't comment on it. However, SIMS can handle multiple domains (using the router). The prefix/suffix scheme is really not an inconvenience. Your users set up their username and password once and never think about it again. You have the benefit of a free server that runs rings around lots that cost money. </horse flogging!> ;-> -- Neil Neil Herber, RGD Corporate info at http://www.eton.ca/ Eton Systems, 15 Pinepoint Drive, Nepean, ON, Canada K2H 6B1 Tel: (613) 829-4668 ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
