[Dovecot] The docs a re a bit weird on "Directory hashing"

Jan-Frode Myklebust janfrode at tanso.net
Mon Aug 12 00:30:39 EEST 2013


On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 12:02:34AM +0300, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> > 
> > I use:
> > 
> > 	mail_home = /srv/mailstore/%256LRHu/%Ld/%Ln
> "R" what for??
> I do understand a Lower case on the names and have seen the effect but
> how would R be helpful??
> 

According to http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables

  "%H hash function is a bit bad if all the strings end with the same
   text, so if you're hashing usernames being in user at domain form, you
   probably want to reverse the username to get better hash value variety,
   e.g. %3RHu. "



  -jf


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