[BlueOnyx:27158] Re: IMAP with Outllok

[Larry Smith]

Taco,

  Hmmmm, how would it cause a sending problem since
the change is only for the authentication part of dovecot
and sending is done through either sendmail or postfix?

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net

On Fri August 9 2024 09:37, Taco Scargo wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> That is an interesting suggestion, I will have a look at it on my sandbox.
> But this would likely cause e-mail sending problems….
>
> Michael, did you ever look at the serverside“autoconfiguration” script
> possibility?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Taco
>
> > On 9 Aug 2024, at 15:06, Larry Smith via Blueonyx
> > <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> wrote:
> >
> > Stephan,
> >
> >   I believe you can edit the /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf and
> > change the:
> > #auth_username_format = %Lu to read
> > auth_username_format = %n
> > Make sure you remove the comment (#) character from the
> > beginning.  Then restart dovecot and it will remove the domain
> > from the email address given for authentication.
> >
> > --
> > Larry Smith
> > lesmith at ecsis.net
> >
> > On Fri August 9 2024 03:43, Stephan Notter via Blueonyx wrote:
> >> Hello everybody
> >>
> >> For a few days now, there have been a lot of customer inquiries about
> >> problems using a IMAP BlueOnyx account with Outlook. The reason is that
> >> the "new Outlook" is preinstalled as standard on the new devices.
> >>
> >> As of Outlook 2019, it is no longer so easy to connect an IMAP account
> >> with BlueOnyx because Outlook uses the email address as username. Even
> >> when Outlook 2019 was first used, it was not possible to specify a
> >> BlueOnxy IMAP account directly. By going through Manage Profiles, you
> >> could enter a username in IMAP and add the mailbox to Outlook in this
> >> way.
> >>
> >> I have no found this option in the "new Outlook". There is a way to
> >> enter a username, but this is only used for sending.
> >>
> >> I ask customers to switch from the "new Outlook" to Classic/Legacy mode.
> >> Most customers are overwhelmed by this and this function for switching
> >> is not always in the same place.
> >>
> >> takes a lot of time and nerves to calm the users down.
> >>
> >> Does anyone else have this problem and perhaps has a simple solution?
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Stephan
> >
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