On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, [Windows-1252] S�nke Ruempler wrote:
> > After having reviewed the code i decided to not implement this feature
> > because 1) aliases are meant as "other names for local accounts" 2) the
> > same feature can be achieved by a "useradd" + "usersetmproc" with a
> > redirect line.
>
> Yupp - i understand how to add external aliases in that way. But ..
>
> a) i have to read out and write the complete mailproc file
> (userget/setmproc) - in case of adding/deleting an internal alias, i just
> have to do a "aliasadd/del" - that is easier to handle than letting the
> ctrl-client(-program) (in my case my script) doing a complete rewrite of the
> file.
So, what's the deal ?
The whole file with a redirect line is probably less than 40 bytes and i
hope that you program does not make it like :
for (;;) {
load_mproc();
store_mproc();
}
> b) why should be aliases just be ment for local accounts ?
Alias are other names for local account.
If you want to point a local account to an external one, that's a remote
redirection.
> c) setting/getting the external redirections with aliasadd/aliaslist would
> be no new feature, but i guess, that you could implement it easier in ctrl
> client programs.
>
> I dont want to nerv you (i think you think something like that :-) ) - but i
> think that function would make xmail a bit easier to newbies and easier to
> administrate, cause we can control the redirect/aliases with one command.
As i told it can be easily done with two CTRL calls, thousands of users
are doing it in that way.
I'm not willing to add code to remove the extra CTRL call because, that
you believe it or not, you've been the only one that asked it.
Pls stop this thread now.
- Davide
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