unixhierarchy from false to true

[Cristian Mitrana]

* NM Public <agorae+--info-cyrus at nm.deflexion.com> [30-08-05 18:34]:
 
[...] 
> Another issue is that if unixhierarchy is true, plus addresses 
> will look like this:
> 
>  username+directory/mailbox at example.com
> 
> instead of
> 
>  username+directory.mailbox at example.com
> 
> 
> Does anyone know if any mail servers have a problem with a '/' in 
> the left hand side of an email address? On my IMAP Service 
> Providers page in this section:
> 
>  <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/imap/isps/#chooseID>
> 
> I say:
> 
>  --- begin quote ---
> the user-name part of an email address must be less than or equal 
> to 64 characters and cannot contain any of the following 
> characters:
> 
>   < > ( ) / , ; : @ "
>  --- begin quote ---
> 

 This is about 'user-name' part, what you're having is an 'address
 detail' part that contains '/' (see
 ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3598.txt by someone called Ken :). 
 

> I'm wondering two things: 1] Is what I wrote about user-name 
> restrictions true? and 2] Are there some mail servers that don't 
> like '/' anywhere in the left hand side of an email address?

 about 2) I have no extensive information/experience, but postfix does not
 seems to mind about it. 

> Any thoughts about this are welcome,
> Thanks,
>  Nancy
>   (trying out a new plus address)


hth,

mitu