[GH-ISSUE #779] Ignore lower/upper characters in email addresses #701

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opened 2026-02-27 11:13:06 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:13:06 +03:00

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Originally created by @jonathan00 on GitHub (Nov 10, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/779

Originally assigned to: @tonioo on GitHub.

hi,

just saw on http://modoboa.readthedocs.org/en/latest/integration/imap_and_smtp.html your sql querys
user_query and password_query for dovecot.

probably you have the same issue i had with vboxadm
see https://crazylinux.de/Vboxadm#Ignore_lower.2Fupper_characters_in_email_addresses
for a solution

Originally created by @jonathan00 on GitHub (Nov 10, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/779 Originally assigned to: @tonioo on GitHub. hi, just saw on http://modoboa.readthedocs.org/en/latest/integration/imap_and_smtp.html your sql querys user_query and password_query for dovecot. probably you have the same issue i had with vboxadm see https://crazylinux.de/Vboxadm#Ignore_lower.2Fupper_characters_in_email_addresses for a solution

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2026-02-27 11:13:07 +03:00

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2015):

Hi,

Modoboa already lowers email addresses at creation/update time. (https://github.com/tonioo/modoboa/blob/master/modoboa/admin/forms/account.py#L228)

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2015): Hi, Modoboa already lowers email addresses at creation/update time. (https://github.com/tonioo/modoboa/blob/master/modoboa/admin/forms/account.py#L228)

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:13:07 +03:00

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@jonathan00 commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2015):

Hi,

this does not fix the problem.

Your query "SELECT '/%d/%n' AS home" will use the mail address, e.g. "FOOBAR@some.com" or "foobar@some.com".

so home will be like /var/mail/some.com/FOOBAR or /var/mail/some.com/foobar.
This is a little difference ;-)

again, see my link for a solution ;-)

@jonathan00 commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2015): Hi, this does not fix the problem. Your query "SELECT '<mailboxes storage directory>/%d/%n' AS home" will use the mail address, e.g. "FOOBAR@some.com" or "foobar@some.com". so home will be like /var/mail/some.com/FOOBAR or /var/mail/some.com/foobar. This is a little difference ;-) again, see my link for a solution ;-)

kerem commented

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2016):

@jonathan00 Actually, the best place to report this issue is the installer repository since it manages dovecot's configuration. I'll fix the documentation too.

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2016): @jonathan00 Actually, the best place to report this issue is the installer repository since it manages dovecot's configuration. I'll fix the documentation too.