Date:  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:02:24 -0700
From:  "Michael Aronoff" <ma (at mark) ciic.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:07131] Re: feature request/question about email (name clash btw diff domains)
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <032701c6dcde$ed7cd730$3646460a@CIIC2>
In-Reply-To:  <a76ce5979bd6d2a9489322615e3db1bb (at mark) zill.net>
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Patrick wrote: 

> One problem that I have is that two different domains,
> having two users with the same name, will suffer a name clash.
>
> E.g.
> 
> patrick (at mark) domain1.com
> patrick (at mark) domain2.com
> 
> cannot both have a username of "patrick" .

As others have said you can use different usernames and then make each an
alias for patrick.

In fact I now REQUIRE this for all accounts.  Why? Security.  If a username
matches the email address, everyone in the outside already has half the info
they need to get into someone else's mailbox and into your server. So I now
require new accounts to all use a company prefix for usernames.  If a
company is executive metal plating it would be:

emp.user1
emp.user2
emp.user3

And so on.  With an alias for what they want the email address to be.  I
explain why in the welcome email I send new clients and I have never had
anyone complain.  Most actually see how good an idea it is.

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M Aronoff Out