Vidar Tyldum Hansen wrote: > Ariën Huisken, 08.09.2006 09:56: >>>> c) I assume that both webfront ends have the ability to setup >>>> server side "out of office" replys? >>> Don't know about these, but if you're going to use a webmail >>> Horde/IMP has a "vacation" module, not sure how it works though, I >>> haven't checked. You can also hack your own using a CGI setting up >>> a .forward in the user's home dir that invokes the "vacation" >>> command (yes it's kind of nasty but usable). >> >> IMP uses .forward files through ftp and invokes the vacation command. >> Works great here... You have to install the vacation program to use >> it: http://vacation.sourceforge.net/ > > But for virtual domains this will not work. > > I did investigate this a while ago, but have completely abandoned it. > Out-of-office messages are bad anyways: > - They spam > - They tell an attacker that your account is most likely to be unused > for for a while > - Social engineering: an attacker knows when you leave and return, > where you are and often what you are doing there... > > Mail forwarding seems like a better solution or equipping people with > mobile mail clients (most cellphones has this by now). > > _______________________________________________ > tsl-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
Thanks again guys. Yes auto-replies can be pretty bad but if the company wants to negate the risks (hopefully a good amount of spam can be filtered before it hits the server anyway) in favor of having the replies then so be it. I see that the commercial CP+ user GUI provides this as well. _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
