tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:At 25/07/03 25/07/03 -0400, Jeff Hedlund wrote:tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:
Actually we may chose if use alias (Maildir) or forward (address style). What I'm reading means we'll have no choice anymore?
That is correct, when creating an alias for a local account, it writes
&[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the .qmail file. qmailadmin no longer writes the Maildir style alias.
Will this make each message for an alias be processed like a message to the main mailbox?
If you mean "main" mailbox to mean it's eventual destination, then yes.
Will autoresponders on "main" mailbox will respond to all messages, including aliases ones?
Again, if you are referring to the "main" mailbox as it's eventual destination, then the autoresponder will respond to that message.
In what situation are you using aliases that should *not* follow rules of the final destination account?
An alias is another name for that account, therefore it should be processed as if it were that account. It's not an alias-bypass-the-processing-for-that-account. :)
Today it is alias-bypass-the-processing-for-that-account.
The personal interpretation of what is an alias is personal, so I appreciate your opinion, but mine is different.
I have customers with [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] as "real" users, and an alias like [EMAIL PROTECTED] that writes directly in the Maildir of the before said "real" users.
Each one of them receives a copy of the message, and no "personal" autoresponders are sent back to messages going to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actual way aliases work for them is very good.
I think it would be enormously confusing for users if they had an alias setup for there account, and later decided to forward their email to a remote account, only to find that emails sent to the alias are not forwarded.
Simply, if you don't want your customers using aliases, put "maxaliases 0" in .qmailadmin-limits, and they will always use forwards.
You already have an option, why cutting that possibility to other people who want "true" alias and "true" forwards?
Tonino
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