OFFTOPIC: Macintosh, Outlook Express and vpopmail

[john <johnpf@atnet.net.au>]

Hi all,

I apologise for this post, but the vchkpw mailing list seems not to be
working, so I thought I'd try here.

We've just switched our mail server from Exchange (yuk) to Qmail and
vpopmail. We have 1800 users over 600 domains. Everything is working
nicely except for those who use OE on Macs - they can't pop their mail.
The error message in the logs is "system user not found" which normally
is found when a user tries to get their mail as "user" instead of
"user%domain" or "user@domain". We are certain that the users have
"user{%|@}domain" entered into OE.

"user%domain@mailpophost" doesnt work either.

There are 3 users who this effects - they are strong Mac zealots who are
also technically naive.

I'm sure that we're not the only ppl who have come up against this - has
anyone any ideas what to try? We're about to see if Eudora is any better
for them, but the users are not too keen on the idea.

And yes, OE and Mac does seem like some kind of unholy alliance 8^).

Thanks for your patience, and I apologise again for the offtopic post
(even though it is on a potato box).

John P Foster
http://www.golden-orb.com