Mailbox name diferent than login name in IMAP/POP, possible?

[Pedro Algarvio]

Quoting Rudy Gevaert <Rudy.Gevaert at UGent.be>:

> Igor Brezac wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Pedro Algarvio wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to login like username at domain.tld and get the   
>>> mailbox for that user to be for example username_domain.tld?
>>>
>>> I'm using ldap as the saslauthd backend, so would it be possible   
>>> to translate username at reaml to username_realm, that way users   
>>> could login with their normal email address to services like   
>>> pop/imap.
>>>
>>> I know authentication is possible, that's plain ldap, but the   
>>> mailbox "translation" is my doubt.
>>>
>>> P.S.: I'd like to get this without using cyrus virtdomains   
>>> setting, or at least leaving it to off.
>>
>> You will need to write/hack code for this to work.  You have   
>> several options: write a custom authorization module (it can be   
>> ldap driven) or hack an existing authorization module, hack   
>> ptloader/ldap code or write your own ptloader plugin, or write a   
>> custom canon sasl plugin.
>
> You could put an imap/pop3 proxy before it.  e.g perdition.
>
> Rudy

I've came up with this issue to avoid perdition the most I can. Thanks anyway.

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