Re: Newbie Q: using incoming IP for rewrites?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 02:58:56PM -0600, David E. Smith wrote:
> I'm sure this is a newbie-level question, but I can't find it clearly
> answered in the docs or example configurations.
> 
> Assuming a single instance of Perdition is bound to multiple IP addresses,
> can Perdition rewrite requests based solely on what IP address receives a
> login request?
> 
> I'm replacing an old mail system where each domain has a separate IP
> address, and there are multiple instances where folks have the same
> username and password on different domains. Their mail clients are often
> configure with a user name of 'bob' as opposed to '[email protected]', so I
> really need the IP address in addition to the username/password to figure
> out where a connection should go.
> 
> I know I could get around this by having multiple instances of Perdition,
> each bound to a separate IP address, but there are about 40 domains (and 40
> IPs) involved in this process. If there's an easier way to do it, I'd love
> to avoid having all those nearly-identical configuration files floating
> around, waiting to confuse me.

Hi David,

I believe that the query-key option is what you are after.
It should allow you to use the IP address that the client connect to
as one of the keys for the popmap lookup.

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