Bug#357040: suggestion: default to caseless usernames

[Ondrej Sury]

> please change the option 'lmtp_downcase_rcpt:' in /etc/imapd.conf to 
> 'yes' as the default. It is disabled by default so that usernames become 
> case sensitive.

I am for keeping status quo.

If you want to setup such _complicated_ mailserver as cyrus is, then you
are obliged to read documentation first and then you don't have this
problem.

> Needless to say, it leaves you without a clue. The only hint is an entry 
> in the logfile about an LMTP error. If you don't check the logs, you 
> might never notice that mail is rejected.

You should check the logs anyway, so what's the problem?

Ondrej.
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Ondrej Sury <ondrej at sury.org>
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