[Dovecot] lmtp error at domains containing "-" sign

[Timo Sirainen]

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