Hello Marc, Thank you for your answer. I will go with virtual domains and separate mailboxes for now. On 4/16/13 10:51 AM, Marc Patermann wrote: > Valentin, > > Valentin Bud schrieb (16.04.2013 08:19 Uhr): > >> I am trying to figure out what would be a "best practice" when one >> has a couple >> of domains on which it receives mail to and from which it sends mail >> from. >> >> For example I have the following domains: >> >> example.com >> example.net >> >> I have a user 'valentin' which has the following E-Mail addresses: >> >> valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx >> valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx >> >> The users are authenticated from OpenLDAP and the mail attribute is >> set to >> valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx. The mailAlternateAddress is set to >> valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx. > Do you know mail is a multi valued attribute and - if there are no > external circumstances - you do not need an extra attribute for a > second mail address? > >> I plan to use the Lachman LDAP Mail Routing Draft [1] and schema. >> >> Should I create in Cyrus IMAP two virtual domains and a 'valentin' >> user for each >> of this domains or would it be better to create a user 'valentin' >> where to post >> the E-Mail messages I receive on both domains? > This truly depends on what YOU want or need. > If YOU only need one inbox then go that way. > >> Then the MUAs could be configured with multiple identities and have >> only one >> mailbox. > For my private mail I do so. I have different domains, but want it in > my only inbox. > So my domains are virtual _in Postfix_ not in IMAPd. > If you have an object with something like > > mail: valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx > mail: valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx > mail: foo@xxxxxxx > maildrop: valentin > > Postfix can send mail for all addresses (mail) included in the object > to the user valentin (maildrop) in IMAPd. Simple as that. > >> What are the gotchas if I choose to go one way or the other? And do >> you think >> that [1] is 'stable' enough to be used? >> >> [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lachman-ldap-mail-routing-03 > Dunno. > > > Marc Cheers and Goodwill, -- Valentin Bud www.databus.pro | valentin@xxxxxxxxxxx ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus
