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Re: VMailer/postfix: Am I really the only one ?
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Ira Abramov wrote:
> Dan Bernstein chose - instead of + at some point, I don't remember where
> it is explained, but ira-friends, or my mailing list ira-tech are both
> managed by me in my home directlry with ~ira/.qmail-friends and
> ~ira/.qmail-tech respectively. AFAIK there is a definition .h file you can
> edit for Qmail at compile time to make it use+ too. I personally don't
> know what difference it makes other than - is indeed sometimes used in
> usernames (never saw + in a username), but on the other hand, ira-tech is
> more readable at a quick glance than ira+tech (at least with my current
> font). I have no idea if there are deeper technical reasons...
>
I don't know about the header file change, but will check it. I think it
should at least be a configuration option to switch between +, - or both.
It's no difference if you have to choose between + and - for the first
time, but it gives a lot of headache if you are trying to migrate a whole
site to qmail, and there are sophisticated users on your site who use the
standard + aliasing in procmail, scripts etc....
Just my personal experience - we had to switch back from qmail just
because of this reason (after trying to overcome it using blackmail
tricks).
Tuvik
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