Feature request: making it possible for each user to set any string as his IMAP/SMTP user name

[yasuhirokimura]

Currently there is an assumption about user names of IMAP and SMTP that they are either mail address itself ([email protected]) or user part of it (foo). But there are cases that don't meet it. While "Custion Login Mapping" extension can handle some of such cases, it also set the restriction that both user names must be same. As a result, SnappyMail can't handle following case.

1. User names of IMAP and SMTP are different.
2. At lease one of them is neither mail address itself nor user part of it.

Actually I have faced such case about mail address of open source project that I'm a member of. So I'd like to request new feature that makes it possible for each user to set any string as his IMAP/SMTP user name.

[the-djmaze]

To solve the issue (and different password for SMTP) i think this should solve that:

1. Admin -> Domains -> Domain -> SMTP: add checkbox "ask username/password"
2. When sending message: popup ask the username/password (when not known yet)
3. On success: store username/password encrypted

[yasuhirokimura]

To solve the issue (and different password for SMTP) i think this should solve that:

1. Admin -> Domains -> Domain -> SMTP: add checkbox "ask username/password"
2. When sending message: popup ask the username/password (when not known yet)
3. On success: store username/password encrypted

This is also necessary for IMAP as it is possible that user name of IMAP isn't either mail address itself or user part of it.

[the-djmaze]

This is also necessary for IMAP as it is possible that user name of IMAP isn't either mail address itself or user part of it.

That's not possible because the login is the IMAP login

[yasuhirokimura]

That's not possible because the login is the IMAP login

Then how about providing following steps?

1. Admin -> Domains -> Domain -> IMAP: add checkbox "ask username/password"
2. On login page user types email address and password.
3. If it is first time user logins with the specified emal address and checkbox of step 1 is enabled, ask for user name providing email address itself as default value (It may be better if it is configurable on admin control panel which email address itself or user part of it is used as default value).
4. Try IMAP login with user name and password provided by step 2 and 3.
5. If step 4 succeeds, then save email address and user name, and use them next time user logins with same email address.
6. Otherwise return to step 2.

[the-djmaze]

Thinking about this, it could be made possible as plugin.
The plugin (just like de two factor plugin) add an input field to the login screen to handle this.

[ionoci]

Hi,
I got the same issue. My mail hoster uses two different logins for imap and for smtp. They are not corresponiding to the email adress. It looks like this:
Adress: [email protected]
Imap User: a12345_xyz
Smtp User: a12345_xyz@mail

Any Idea how I may manage this?
Thanks in advance and thanks for this nice webmailer.

Io

[the-djmaze]

Hi, I got the same issue.
Imap User: a12345_xyz
Smtp User: a12345_xyz@mail

That's not the same issue.
Admin -> Domains -> Domain -> Imap: Use short login

[the-djmaze]

Added a new plugin named "Login Override" for next v2.25.2
It has two mapping options: IMAP and SMTP

Each line in the field will be like [email protected]:user1:password1

• [email protected] the currently used email address to login with
• user1 when set it will be used for IMAP or SMTP login
• password1 when set it will be used for IMAP or SMTP login

[email protected]::password1 will use the default login name
[email protected]:user1: will use the default login password

Why v2.25.2? Well i've modified the config options system to allow storing encrypted values.
As the mapping contains sensitive login credentials it will be stored encrypted.

[the-djmaze]

I've made some example plugin for an SMTP settings page for users.
Maybe it helps.

smtp-settings.zip