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On 5/21/20 4:14 PM, Ashley Dixon wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I am attempting to set up sub-addressing on my Courier mail server, allowing |
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> senders to directly deliver messages to a particular folder in my mailbox. For |
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> example, I want to provide my University with the address |
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> `ash-AcademicMatters@××××××××××.uk` to force all their messages into the |
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> "AcademicMatters" subdirectory. |
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> Unfortunately, I can't find any official Courier documentation regarding |
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> sub-addressing. I have found [1], however I'm not sure it will apply as I am |
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> using virtual mailboxes. |
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> When attempting to send e-mail to myself using sub-addressing, my server |
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> complains that the address is not found in the virtual users table, suggesting |
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> that it is entirely unaware of the sub-addressing notation. |
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> Has anyone here managed to get this working ? I believe it is sometimes referred |
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> to as "plus-addressing", however it seems that Courier uses a hyphen as opposed |
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> to a plus symbol (+). |
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> Cheers, |
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> Ashley. |
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> [1] https://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/courier-email-subaddressing/ |
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Hello Ashley, |
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Yes, but with mail-client/Thunderbird. The tricks (with thunderbird) are |
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mostly related to how you set up your filters, and the order of the filters. |
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On thunderbird the 'message filters' under the three horizontal bars on |
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the top right of the base screen, is the starting point. Then I have to |
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click various selections, sometimes 2 or 3 times. It's tricky with |
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thunderbird and filtering incoming mail, ymmv. |
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No clue on a courier mail server. BUT, I'd be most interested in |
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testing/verifying what you come up with, as thunderbird is a very |
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bloated pig of an app. And I'm looking for a unified system where email, |
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broweser-links, local edited files (vi/vim/etc) and browser saved files |
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and links are all unified into one 'common-logical' viewer/storage |
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renders the various way we can save data, whether local or net-based |
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resources. I'd be most interested in *any* unifying scheme, |
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gentoo-centric. 30++ years of linux/bsd/linux has given me a very rich |
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source of resources, docs and wonderful emails. But data-harvesting |
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needs a modern approach. |
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/usr/portage/mail-* does not have many robust and secure options. I've |
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even thought about returning to a sendmail server, as a unifying start, |
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but that's probably not a wise idea. |
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Do post your findings, as I'm sure others would appreciate a robust |
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(gentoo) solution, particularly if the feature list supports cell phones |
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(android and/or apple cell phones) and those text/emails. |
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hth, |
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James |
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