Sub addressing delimiters

Hello,

There is a disconnect between the way Postfix handles recipient_delimiter and the way Dovecot handles it. For Postfix, it is a set of delimiters that can each individually be used to separate the address from the . In Dovecot, having multiple characters in recipient_delimiters simply makes it a multi-character single delimiter.

For my purposes, the Postfix method is much more versatile. Extra delimiters can be added without breaking the way users currently have delimiters.

I am wondering what the odds are of reconciling the two approaches, hopefully in favour of the Postfix one. Failing a switch to the other behaviour, is it possible to add the Postfix method as an option? Would a patch for either of these be accepted?

Thanks,

   Kurt Fitzner