On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Roger Sistla wrote: >On November 22, 2004 02:27 pm, Andreas Aardal Hanssen wrote: >> It's a nice idea for 1.3. I'll add a TODO item about it. I can't say it'll >> go in for sure, but at least I'll set off some time to look into it in >> detail. >> Andy :-) >My initial email for this request was tied into DSPAM but it could be expanded >for anything really. How about a folder called "STATS", everytime you access >the folder, it contains your quota info on that account ? How about dynamic >LDAP distribution lists - You drop a draft msg into a folder and it pipes it >into a script that scans a LDAP directory and looks for all users in a certain >cost center and emails the msg to them. The end users simply drag and drop. >Generally, people tend to clutch software that improves workflow especially >when they dont have to learn a new piece of software. Most people know how >to use Netscape and Outlook. I'm really looking at this from an enterprise >company aspect to improve work flow. >Hmm, I wonder if an entire list system could be based on these folder >triggers ?? It would certainly change the way people manage lists. They >only ever have to know how their imap client works. This could be a great >way to manage private, moderated mailinglists for software such as Mailman >or EZMLM. The list software would only send it out to the distribution list >if it enters thru BINC - which requres the user to authenticate via TLS/SSL. >I'll have to think a little more on this one. The possibilities are endless. >Thanks for adding the "folder trigger" idea to your TODO, hope it makes it >for 1.3.
It certainly is a feature that opens a whole world of options for sysadmins. If we had a similar script trigger for reading, emails could be safely stored in bzip2 format, for example. But oh-oh, let's not dig into the details about that. It needs some more high-level thinking first. Huge flexibility often backfires as support requests to this list, and only the fact that we support it could confuse novices. Andy :-) -- Andreas Aardal Hanssen | http://www.andreas.hanssen.name/gpg Author of Binc IMAP | "It is better not to do something http://www.bincimap.org/ | than to do it poorly."
