"@" in mailbox names

[Igor Brezac]

On Tue, 28 Jul 2003, Edward Rudd wrote:

> you need to store the username map in the LDAP as
> daniel\\\@test4.mydomain.com
> the @ needs to be escaped..

Why?  Unless Daniel uses lmtp auth, ldap is not consulted during
lmtp delivery.

> On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 21:56, Daniel Lawson wrote:
> > I want to use the @ character in a mailbox name in cyrus 2.1.x
> >
> > I have a virtual domain setup, using LDAP as the backend, and exim as
> > the MTA. Everything works fine if I use usernames of the format
> > user__domain_part1_part2, however that isn't very nice for end users.
> > I'd much prefer to use 'user at domain.part1.part2' as the username. Using
> > unixhierarchysep I can use '.' in the username, which is the first step,
> > but it appears to choke on having an '@' in the username.
> >
> > Delivery to  'daniel_test4.mydomain.com' works just fine.
> >
> >
> > Is there any particular reason that Cyrus doesn't allow delivery to an
> > address with an '@' in it? I've tried googling for this, but its tricky
> > doing a search for '@' on mailing lists... :)
> >
> > About the only thing I can think off of the top of my head is that
> > Kerberos principals have an @ in them.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > Below are some notes on my setup
> >
> > Runnig cyrus  2.1.13 (from debian unstable, backported to debian woody).
> >
> > #cyrdeliver daniel at test4.mydomain.com
> > daniel at test4.mydomain.com: Mailbox does not exist
> >
> > #cyrdeliver -l
> > 220 smog LMTP Cyrus v2.1.13-IPv6-Debian-2.1.13-0woody.4.0 ready
> > LHLO smog
> > 250-smog
> > 250-8BITMIME
> > 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> > 250-PIPELINING
> > 250-SIZE
> > 250-AUTH EXTERNAL
> > 250 IGNOREQUOTA
> > RSET
> > 250 2.0.0 ok
> > MAIL FROM:<root> AUTH=<>
> > 250 2.1.0 ok
> > RCPT TO:<daniel at test4.mydomain.com>
> > 550-Mailbox unknown.  Either there is no mailbox associated with this
> > 550-name or you do not have authorization to see it.
> > 550 5.1.1 User unknown
> >
> > (cyradm output)
> > localhost> lam user/daniel at test4.mydomain.com
> > mail lrswipcda
> > anyone lrswipcda
> > daniel at test4.mydomain.com lrswipcda
> > mailadmin lrswipcda
> >
> > strace'ing cyrdeliver gives basically the same as the output from
> > cyrdeliver -l above - i copied the commands send via lmtp as read from
> > the strace.
>

-- 
Igor