[imp] having username as part of the IMAP servername

[Liam Hoekenga]

We do something similar at UofM - tho, instead using the entire username,
we use the first letter of the username.  so... I get my mail on

   l.imap.itd.umich.edu

Our imp installation is on apache + mod_ssl, and our login mechanism sets
REMOTE_USER.  So, in our horde/imp/defaults.php3, we do this:

   $default->server = substr ($REMOTE_USER,0,1) . ".imap.itd.umich.edu";

This sets the default server on a user by user basis.  works great.

Liam Hoekenga
UofM Webmaster Team



On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 bob.reven@unix1.trinity.ox.ac.uk wrote:

> at this university the central computing services have set up a cluster
> of IMAP servers. when a student is registered for email a DNS alias is
> created in the form username.herald.ox.ac.uk which points to whichever
> particular IMAP server they happen to be on.
>
> eg, an nslookup of trin0450.herald.ox.ac.uk shows that user trin0450
> is actually on imap5.herald.ox.ac.uk.
>
> users are then instructed to configure their IMAP clients with an IMAP
> server of username.herald.ox.ac.uk which has the advantage that users
> can be moved around from busy nodes to quiet nodes etc, without the user
> even knowing or suffering any noticeable loss of service
>
> in our small corner of the university I would like to setup an IMP server
> but have come unstuck trying to define a server. i could just leave it blank
> so users fill it in themselves but i would much prefer to be able to make
> IMP take the username and add it to a predefined string ie, .herald.ox.ac.uk
> and use that as the server name. i have tried a few crude attempts but
> failed.
>
> can anyone with more detailed knowledge of PHP and IMP suggest how this
> could be achieved with either 2.2.6 or 2.3.7
>
> many thanks
>
> sincerely,
>
> bob reven
>
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