Hi,

comments inside..

2011/1/25 Stefano Bagnara <[email protected]>:
> 2011/1/25 Norman Maurer <[email protected]>:
>> 2011/1/25 Eric Charles <[email protected]>:
>> [...]
>>> 2.- Since we enabled the SMTP ValidRcptHandler, we need to really create the
>>> user, before using it as an virtual user. This was not the case before. The
>>> need to previously create a user does not worry me, but I find strange that,
>>> depending on smtp configuration, we would or not need to create a user to
>>> define a virtualuser.
>>
>> I think the need of having the existing user before add the mapping is
>> a good think. We also would need to check if there is a mapping when
>> deleting a user and remove it too.
>
> I don't agree. I usually think at aliasing as "rewriting" so I expect
> to write aliases like this
> alias@mydomain maps to existinguser@mydomain
>
> At least this is what I was used to do in sendmail (are other MTA
> different from this??)
> It's like "search&replace" you usually put "search" on the left and
> replace on the "right".

I see your point and I checked other mailservers which seems to behave
like you descripted..

>
>>> 3.- JIRA-1126 Disallow the creation of alias from non-existing username: I
>>> think this is needed so we don't arrive to situation where mails are no more
>>> delivered in case a bad usage of the API (reversing the method params).
>>
>> +1
>
> Not sure. I often use aliasing to "virtual addresses". THen I have
> matchers to match this virtual addresses and do something.
> So they are not users.
> In my James I usually have 1 single user that is used from my
> webapplication to submit messages, no other james users. Still I use
> aliasing.
>
> Sendmail also allow bounces to be generated by virtusertable, e.g:
> *@your-comapny.com maps to "error:5.1.1:550 No such user."
>
> (I don't know what aliasing is supported by trunk VUTs, so maybe I'm
> completely wrong)
>

That works for james too ;)

> Stefano
>

Bye,
Norman

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