Re: vacation with .forward

Cory Petkovsek wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 06:53:35PM +0200, Michael Bunk wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I want to implement .forward / .vacation.msg management
>>with ISPMan. For this reason I layout my plans, so you
>>can advise me whether it makes sense and how to do it
>>best and with correct abstraction. I will use the CVS
>>version of ISPMan this time :)
> 
> 
> I'm currently using .forward/.vacation management through webmail.  The problem
> with doing it in ispman is that is a tool for the server administrator or
> domain administrator, not really for the end user.  They have ftp access for
> .forwards and .vacation.  Openwebmail is what I'm using (which I don't
> recommend as it only talks mbox which means uw-imap).  However other webmail
> interfaces are other avenues if ftp is too difficult.

I second that.
Providing vacation features is more a frontend than a backend issue, so 
I see not much sence in implementing this in the admin UI.

In fact, this can (already) easily be implemented by using sieve 
together with some frontent software (e.g. horde framework; my favorite).

Joerg



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