[Dovecot] Using account alias as login

[Hugo Monteiro]

Hugo Monteiro wrote:
> Javier Amor García wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  I use dovecot with a LDAP backend for user account and aliases. The 
>> aliases
>> are objects of the class couriermailalias.
>>  Some users would like to use the alias address as POP/IMAP login 
>> instead of
>> the 'true' account.
>> Is this possible?.
>> I am using dovecot version 1.0,10, from ubuntu hardy packages.
>>
>> Thanks for any answer,
>>   Javier
>>
>>   
>
> Hello Javier,
>
> I don't use couriermailalias, but i do use the qmailUser objectclass 
> which provides both mail and mailAlternateAddress attributes. As an 
> example, i would say that you can use something like
>
> user_filter = 
> (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(|(mail=%u)(mailAlternateAddress=%u)))
>
> and
>
> pass_filter = 
> (&(objectClass=qmailUser)((uid=%u)(mailAlternateAddress=%u)))
>

pass_filter = 
(&(objectClass=qmailUser)(|(mail=%u)(mailAlternateAddress=%u)))

> Hope it helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hugo Monteiro.
>


Sorry for the typo,


Hugo Monteiro.

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