Please reply on-list. > > > I found this discussion and patch from 2.5 years ago: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg11144.html > > > > > > > > > I do need to accomplish the same thing still but I can not find any > > > solution for it. Has anyone solved this in anyway? > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 10:29 -0800, p dont think wrote: > > > > > well, what I'd like to have (or to code) is quite simple: if > the > > > > > user name is " user1 at domain1.com", SM should connect to > > > "domain1.com:143", > > > > > if the login is "user2 at anotherdomain.com ", it should > connect to > > > > > "anotherdomain.com:143". (the short names are defined in dns, > but > > > > > as a variant, we could take "mail." or "imap." + part after the > "@"). > > > > > > > > > > With NO lists of domains, NO specific setup for each domain (it > would > > > > > be for hunderds of domains), NO pull down menu, and NO > exception : > > > > > just KiSS :) > > > > > > > > > > Do you know if that is already possible now with one of these > plugins? > > > > > > > > well, if you don't want to have to add each domain separately, > then > > > you'll > > > > have to tweak things yourself. changing vlogin might be the > easiest place > > > > to start. shouldn't be very hard... > > > > > > Ok, just spent 2 hours on it, and it's now working :-) > > > I first tried via plugins, but it didn't worked, because > > > there are no hooks at the required places (sqlimap_login, etc.), > > > so I patched the code directely: not very difficult, but > > > > > > The patch is available on the tracker under: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=926196&group_id=311&atid=300311 > > > > > > --------------- > > > Added 'dynamic server' feature, which allow user > > > logging in to hosts based on their username > > > ('[EMAIL PROTECTED]' -> mail.example.com:143'). Also > > > working for SMTP. The does not apply cleanly anymore. > > > > > > To which Paul replied : > > > > > > > > > > > > It won't make its way into CVS (thanks, however, for your earnest > > > contribution!), since this is a non-standard usage of SM. It is > best kept > > > as a plugin. If you look more at vlogin, you'll see that it *CAN* > do what > > > you need already. The only thing that it couldn't satisfy for you > was the > > > need to automate the extraction of the server name from the > username. > > > This is best accomplished as a change to that plugin, and can be > done in > > > much less time. > > > > > > Paul > > > So, is there a way to have multiple imap servers / one webmail > server with > > > squirrelmail. I just can't enter all domains in a list. There are > so many > > > of them. They keep changing too. > > > > Well, the list has to come from *somewhere* (the mind_reader plugin is > > STILL under development, sorry, I know we keep promising it, but > > programming AI is hard), so you have to tell us WHERE it would come > > from. After that, we can talk about if vlogin can help you. > > > > Note that currently, vlogin has SQL-capable user settings, so if the > > information is in a database, then it already probably will work for > > you if you can figure out the correct query to use in the vlogin > > configuration. > > > > > Please advise on how to accomplish this on a fresh sq install. > Vlogin > > > requires a list. How do I make it use no such list? > > > > Again, the list is SOMEWHERE. Please provide more information before > > asking for help. > > > > > > But Paul, isn't the login "user at domainone.tld" Supplying the needed info > to construct the imapserver mail.+domainone.tld ? OK, yes, if you want to trust the username as given, then no list or abstraction is needed. I can work with you to include this in the pending vlogin release (hopefully). Running with this kind of functionality, however raises some questions such as whether or not the SMTP server should also be the same as the given domain.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
