on 2/24/03 8:23 PM, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kurt Bigler wrote: >> In this proposal logindomainlist would have records of this form: >> >> login-domain:web-domain-spec:group-key
[snip] > Well, I definately see what you were getting at now. > > I'd be extremely interested in hearing how many people would like to see > this kind of functionality included in vpopmail (especially you, Sam). [snip] > I mean, where do we stop? Why not add a field for regular expression matches > or > external program calls? And quickly we'd be writing bloatware rather than the > lean mean sqwebmail we know and (hopefully) love. I think there is usually some intuitive place to stop - something like the place where the benefit to effort ratio suddenly rises. (And this may be perceived differently by different people.) But there is also sometimes a reason not to stop yet: when the jump to the next level would involve a significantly incompatible change that you would rather avoid doing later. In this case combining the two files in my mind brings the existing functionality to its fruition while insuring against likely incompatible changes being forthcoming - or worse yet desired changes not being forthcoming purely because of the burdern of compatibility. > I wrote my domainmap code because it was extremely quick and easy to write, > and > because it addressed an issue that I genuinely believed would do some people > good and make a few hundred thousand user's lives easier. [snip] Yes, well that does put it in a bigger perspective. I'll admit I was thinking a little smaller with mostly the server administrators in mind. (And in my case perhaps small-time server administrators!) But of course the end users are who we are ultimately serving. > If ten or twenty people write back about this thread and say, "Hey! That would > be the greatest thing next to sliced bread!", then you have my blessing to > write the code yourself. You seem to be a decent analytical thinker. I'll even > help out a little if you need some pointers. But I just can't justify writing > it myself as I'll probably never use it. If it turns out to be desirable I'll be glad to do it. I think I would only be adding 50% at the most to what you did. The small increment of effort here is part of the reason I see this level as a good "place to stop". Thanks again, Kurt Bigler > And, as always, I'd still greatly enjoy reading everyone's opinion on the > matter. > > Good luck! > > Jesse
