On 11/8/06, Christopher J. Hinkle <chinkle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Paul Lesniewski said: > > > On 11/2/06, Christopher J. Hinkle <chinkle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Howdy... I've been using vacation_local with my 1.4.7 squirrelmail > > > installation without a problem, but one of my users just emailed > > > saying she couldn't get it to work. The problem is that my username > > > on the mail system and my email address prior to the @ sign are the > > > same, but hers is different. > > > > > > Example: > > > 1. chinkle@xxxxxxxxx uses username chinkle on the mail server. > > > Vacation_local works great because .forward looks like this: > > > "|/usr/bin/vacation chinkle" > > > > > > 2. candi.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx uses username rgb-cthompson on > > > the mail server. The autoresponder fails because the .forward looks > like > > this: > > > "|/usr/bin/vacation rgb-cthompson" > > > - INSTEAD OF - > > > "|/usr/bin/vacation -a candi.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx rgb-cthompson" > > > which works just great. > > > > > > Can the vacation_local plugin be modified to automatically write in > > > the -a argument to the vacation call? > > > > I'll send you (offlist) the version that supports -a syntax, but only for > > multiple email addresses listed on the personal information options > screen. > > I'm not sure the new plugin version will be what you need. Instead, it > looks > > to me like your mail system usernames are too inconsistent and need to be > > better thought out... > > Thanks for sending the beta version. Unfortunately when I installed it I > wiped out the config file, so now it doesn't work at all. > > MORE unfortunately, I realized the previous 2.0 version was, in fact, > working just fine with the -a syntax when I looked at the logs and saw that > others were using it successfully. This user just happened not to have her > email address configured in her preferences. There are plugins to help make sure that does not happen, or you can put it in your own system account setup script(s). > And as an aside, I found the bit about my usernames being "too inconsistent" > to be unnecessarily catty and that it didn't add to the discussion at all. > My usernames work perfectly well for my use, which is a multi-domain mail > server. Not catty -- honest if blunt. You described a situation where, from what I could best tell (this is why posts with more detailed server information are necessary), your IMAP server logins were of various formats. If that is the case, it makes it a LOT more difficult to set up ancilliary software like this to give you *consistent* functionality across a *inconsistent* configuration/setup. The addition to the discussion is the general idea that users cannot always expect to gain robust solutions if the underlying system architecture is not well thought out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
