Thank you for your answers.

Im finding out that if there is a dot within the user name, it is not accepted. For example, If I enter johndoe as a local user, it is accepted just fine. But, If I enter john.doe, this is not accepted.

Anyone have any thoughts or solutions?

Thanks!

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Im finding out that if there is a dot within the user name, it is not accepted. For example, If I enter johndoe as a local user, it is accepted just fine. But, If I enter john.doe, this is not accepted.

Anyone have any thoughts or solutions?

Thanks!

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The local user name can be completely different than the email address user name.  Also the user name becomes a subdirectory name and should not use long file names.   I always use 8 character local user names and then use the advanced delivery options in Mercury/32 to deliver the mail using the personal name.  Check out Configuration | Mercury core | Advanced.

Thanks but I dont believe I am explaining myself correctly.

Go to Configuration > Manage Local Users. Go to add > the first box is user name. This box will allow me to insert johndoe, but not john.doe. Theres just something about that dot that the field doesnt like.

Thanks!

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Thanks but I dont believe I am explaining myself correctly.

Go to Configuration > Manage Local Users. Go to add > the first box is user name. This box will allow me to insert johndoe, but not john.doe. Theres just something about that dot that the field doesnt like.

Thanks!

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I understand what you said the first time.  Did you understand what I said?  No long filenames for user names.  The names can be longer than 8 characters if you are using the ~n but the names cannot have anything but simple characters, no periods.  The user name will be used to create a subdirectory for the user mailbox.

local usernames is the same as a maildrop, actually a folder under mercury's mail directory. it can only handle 8 character maildrop names.

The aliases are the ones you connect to the maildrop, and there you can have john.doe -> john