Re: [Exim] Exim and user account...

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Dave C. wrote:

> > I would like to run a mail-solution based on exim (for more than 300 users).
> > I installed exim, qpopper, cyrus-imad and squirrelmail (for webmail).
>
> qpopper expects use mail to be in system default location.
>
> cyrus uses it own internal storage format.
>
> Ergo, cyrus and qpopper can't share a mailstore. However, I beleive
> cyrus now supports POP as well. I can however tell you that cyrus is a
> boar to get working properly.

Cyrus has supportted POP since its inception.

...
> > cyrus-impad don't accept
> > mailboxes with a point in the mailboxe name (the "cm user.smith.p" don't run
> > in the cyradm
> > program...)
>
> Correct.

Not really. By default Cyrus uses "." as a hierarchy separator, so you
can't use a "." as part of a mailbox name, but newer versions allow you to
configure this behaviour.

> Really, you are better off using straight alphanumerics as usernames (no
> punctuation at all) eg - "smithp"

Tom