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

ckubu ckubu at so36.net
Tue Feb 8 03:47:58 EET 2011


hallo,

> >>> 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

Ok, i now what you meen, I will look about such a resolution. thanks..

lg
christoph




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