On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 05:24:33PM +0200, Denis Witt wrote: > at the moment we're using "usermin" for Away messages (.forward and > a perl script). This works fine for single user E-Mail-Addresses > but for example our "info"-Address is sent (via /etc/aliases) to > several users. If one or more of those users have set up an away > message the sender will receive one or more replies. > > Can somebody recommend some kind of Vacation-Tool which allows to > manage this situation properly? (And may be capable of removing the > Away-Message at a given date automatically? ;)
I don't know if the problem is the tool. Consider using recipient_delimiter and multiple .forward files as needed: main.cf :: # "+" is the defacto default, but if you plan to use these # extensions externally, expect trouble. Stupid web software which # was written by people who don't know that all printable characters # are valid in address localparts will reject your + addresses. recipient_delimiter = + /etc/aliases :: info: user1+info@localhost, user2+info@localhost[, ... ] Assuming HOME=/home/user1, in ~user1/.forward+info :: /home/user1/path/to/maildir/for/info/mail/ Assuming HOME=/home/user2, in ~user2/.forward+info :: /home/user2/path/to/maildir/for/info/mail/ These ~/.forward+info files will override any generic ~/.forward files, so there will not be any vacation replies. You can sort the mail directly into an IMAP subfolder to which the user can subscribe in his/her IMAP client. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
