Re: Recipient delimiter

2012-07-28 Thread Ansgar Wiechers
On 2012-07-28 Andrea Gozzi wrote: > I currently have a postfix setup with virtual users on a mysql database > and dovecot as lda. > I wanted to implement the "+" separator to route specific messages to a > custom destination folder (within the account). > > Can I do that directly in postfix or sho

Recipient delimiter

2012-07-28 Thread Andrea Gozzi
Hi guys, I currently have a postfix setup with virtual users on a mysql database and dovecot as lda. I wanted to implement the "+" separator to route specific messages to a custom destination folder (within the account). Can I do that directly in postfix or should I create ad-hoc rules in dovecot

Re: recipient delimiter ambiguity

2010-06-24 Thread Phil Howard
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:08, Victor Duchovni wrote: > In situations where mail is forwarded outside the environment that > supports the local recipient delimiter (e.g. Postfix->Exchange): > > I set: > >        propagate_unmatched_extesion = canonical >

Re: recipient delimiter ambiguity

2010-06-24 Thread Victor Duchovni
t maybe the same MTA software). The > catch is that domainA uses one recipient delimiter character (for > example '+') while domainC uses a different recipient delimiter > character (for example '-'). DomainB uses the same as domainA. So > b...@domaina forwards

recipient delimiter ambiguity

2010-06-24 Thread Phil Howard
I don't see any easy fix to this. A user has email forwarded from their address at domainA to their address at domainB and also to their address at domainC, each running on different mail servers (but maybe the same MTA software). The catch is that domainA uses one recipient delimiter char

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-26 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 26, 2009, at 12:30 PM, mouss wrote: == virtual_alias_maps: /^(joe|jim|jane)-(.*)@(example\.net|example\.com)$/$1...@$3 this converts joe-...@example.com to joe+...@example.com If you don't want to generate the file (and update it when you add users), you can use mysql or friends.

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-26 Thread mouss
Erick Calder wrote: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > >> Erick Calder: >>> On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > You can't replace the delimiter. That would break other people's transit mail, among many things. >>> >>> I'm not sure I understand...

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-26 Thread LuKreme
On Sep 26, 2009, at 0:08, Barney Desmond wrote: LuKreme: sure, it's easy to describe the generally-expected behaviour, but I suspect Wietse's point is that you're welcome to write the patch and make sure nothing breaks. *grin* Aye, there's the rub.

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Barney Desmond
2009/9/26 Erick Calder : > oh, I think i get it.  if server A is just relaying to server B, it will get > e/j...@arix.com and hand e+j...@arix.com to B.  I'm not sure I understand > how that would break the mail (since e+j...@arix.com) is valid and will > still be received.  of course, if B is conf

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread LuKreme
On Sep 25, 2009, at 15:30, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: What if one address matches more than one element in your delimiter set? Only match on the first delimited found, seems like the best idea. user.extension-word+...@example.com If the delimited is + then the extension is e

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: You can't replace the delimiter. That would break other people's transit mail, among many things. I'm not sure I understand... perhaps we're speaking of 2 different things.

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Erick Calder: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Erick Calder: > >> On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > >> > >>> Erick Calder: > >>> > this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that > feature but my only complaint is that many

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that feature but my only complaint is that many systems disallow the + sign in an e-mail address...

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Erick Calder: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Erick Calder: > > > >> this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that > >> feature but my only complaint is that many systems disallow the + > >> sign > >> in an e-mail address... is there a way to have

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Erick Calder: this brings to mind: I've long used plussed addresses and love that feature but my only complaint is that many systems disallow the + sign in an e-mail address... is there a way to have a character bag work as the delimiter?

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Erick Calder: > On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Patrick Ben Koetter: > >> Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a > >> standard > >> that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Erick Calder
On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Patrick Ben Koetter: Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a standard that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just appear one day and people adopted it without a spec or anything. An

Re: Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Patrick Ben Koetter: > Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a standard > that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just appear one > day and people adopted it without a spec or anything. > > Anybody knows? As far as I know, the b

Semi-OT: recipient delimiter spec/std?

2009-09-25 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
Everybody seems to use recipient delimiters. I wonder if there's a standard that specifies a recipient delimiter functionality or did it just appear one day and people adopted it without a spec or anything. Anybody knows? p...@rick -- All technical questions asked privately wi