On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Björn Keil <schattenkeil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I am pretty new to Cyrus and got some problems with it. > I am trying to set up a Cyrus IMAP Server on a Debian Linux (Etch) System. > The system is running an Exim 4 Mailserver. > > The problem is that I need the usernames that the users give when they log > in to be different from the names of their mailboxes. For example if the > user "bjoern" logs in, his INBOX shall be user.keil. > > The only thing that I found that may help in that direction was an article > in the SASL documentation about the difference between authorization ID and > authentication ID. However, I didn't find anything in the IMAP server > documentation how to use that differentiation - and so - by default - it > seems to be the same. > > As authentication mechanism I use the sasldb auxprop plugin, with a database > under /etc/sasldb, as it was preinstalled and seemed to be the simplest and > best way for the scale I intend (an IMAP server for 10 users or so). Even if you could do that, what is the justification? I think it would lead to great confusion for admins. Isn't this something that would be better handled at the MTA level with aliases? -- Jeff ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
