tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:
At 25/07/03 25/07/03 -0400, Jeff Hedlund wrote: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.
So if user name1 wants to forward his mail to a wireless device, he won't get any sales@ mail, which is inconcistent.
Aliases should follow the same rules as the end account, they are _aliases_ -- different names for the same account(s).
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.
What would be more appropriate in this situation is to create a mailing list called sales@ that is closed to subscription and anyone can post to. Subscribe name1, name2, etc to that list. They will receive all mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If one needs to set a vacation reply, it won't go out on the list (because the autorespond program will not deliver with a mailing list header is present). If they need to forward their mail, they will get the mail as they should.
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?
I think your definition of a "true" alias is skewed.
Jeff --
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