On 5 jan 2011, at 15:16, Flatfender wrote:

> Yeah we hacked trac and the email2trac to do AD lookups and fill in
> the user records automagically so that we always had consistent info.
> 
Maybe this hack for email2trac is also useful for others.  Cn you post this 
diff?


> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Rainer Sokoll <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 1/4/11 11:45 AM, Dan North wrote:
>> 
>>> Does this seem like a sensible use of Trac or should I be considering
>>> something else entirely to manage helpdesk ticket lifecycle?
>> 
>> We use trac for our internal helpdesk for about 5 years now.
>> All modules but the wiki module and the ticket module are disabled.
>> Pros:
>> Once it is installed and configured, it is a fire-and-forget solution.
>> Ability to open tickets via email (email2trac). Fine grained ticket
>> permissions via plugin.
>> Cons:
>> No escalation. No remainders when a tickets gets overdue. No way (at
>> least I found none) to force users to set their email address at first
>> login - no emails are sent out to the reporter then. Most users don't
>> care about the wiki syntax, so often the formatting is messed up. No way
>> to merge tickets.
>> In summary: To me, trac is a really good helpdesk tool. I can live with
>> its limitations. It is worth a try.
>> 
>> Rainer
> 
> 
> Yeah we hacked trac and the email2trac to do AD lookups and fill in
> the user records automagically so that we always had consistent info.
> And I'll second that the limitations for our purposes we're livable.
> 
> 
> Matt P.
> 
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