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0005637SOGoBackend Mailpublic2022-11-09 14:45
Reportermoi90 Assigned Tosebastien  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Summary0005637: Treat adresses with plus (+) as aliases
Description

Google Mail allows to append a plus sign and any string to the address:

https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html

This is handy to create ad-hoc aliases. It would be great to have that in SOGo as well.

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Christian Mack

Christian Mack

2022-11-07 15:08

developer   ~0016341

Where does SOGo prevent using those + extensions in your opinion?

moi90

moi90

2022-11-07 15:47

reporter   ~0016343

It does not prevent me from creating aliases manually. But I think it would be great to have them without manual intervention. Did you have a look at the blog article about the Google Mail behavior?

Example: I have an address me@example.com. Someone can send mail to that address and it ends up in my inbox.
Problem: Mail sent to me+newsletter@example.com is not delivered, because no account exists for that address (nor did I create an alias).
Solution: Automatically deliver all mail sent to [account]+[anything]@server.tld to the inbox of [account].

Christian Mack

Christian Mack

2022-11-08 08:39

developer   ~0016349

Sorry, but that is not a function you have to activate in SOGo.
Check your SMTP and IMAP Server configuration.
You can activate there, that SMTP accecpts those emails, and IMAP puts those emails automatically in folder "newsletter" for address me+newsletter@example.com.

Example:
In Postfix set:
verp_delimiter_filter = +=

In dovecot set:
lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes
recipient_delimiter = +

Beware:

  • The target folder has to exist before reception of such emails.
  • This feature is case sensitive
sebastien

sebastien

2022-11-08 08:43

administrator   ~0016350

this functiionnality is handled by the smtp server. Tipically postfix with the setting bellow:

recipient_delimiter = +

As Christian say, nothing in SOGo as imap client prevent using this address delimiter.

moi90

moi90

2022-11-08 08:51

reporter   ~0016351

Alright, thank you very much for this clarification! It seems that I misunderstood what SOGo does and what it doesn't do...

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2022-11-06 06:07 moi90 New Issue
2022-11-07 15:08 Christian Mack Note Added: 0016341
2022-11-07 15:47 moi90 Note Added: 0016343
2022-11-08 08:39 Christian Mack Note Added: 0016349
2022-11-08 08:43 sebastien Note Added: 0016350
2022-11-08 08:51 moi90 Note Added: 0016351
2022-11-09 14:45 sebastien Assigned To => sebastien
2022-11-09 14:45 sebastien Status new => closed
2022-11-09 14:45 sebastien Resolution open => no change required