[Dovecot] lmtp error at domains containing "-" sign
Timo Sirainen
tss at iki.fi
Tue Feb 8 03:17:34 EET 2011
On 8.2.2011, at 2.39, ckubu wrote:
>>> All my problems concerning the recipient parameter are the result of
>>> changing mailsystem from qmail+vpopmail (with default mail extension
>>> settings) to postfix+dovecot+lmtp (with non standard
>>> recipient_delimeter). Maybe you think, thats a very special situation and
>>> theres no sense in implementing that to dovecot. that would be ok too.
>>
>> I wonder if you could do that address rewriting in SMTP server before
>> handing the mail over to Dovecot. So that Dovecot only sees
>> user+detail at domain.
>
> maybe i missunderstood, but the real mailbox name is name-detail at domain and
> thats what dovecot sees. so i don't know, what rewriting to do.
I understood that you have to kinds of '-' chars in the username:
user-detail at domain
user-name-with-dashes at domain
Where you could set the rewriting to give them to Dovecot as:
user+detail at domain
user-name-with-dashes at domain
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