[Web-cyradm] vacation messages per user

[Mikko Toivola]

I too agree that it would be nice feature to integrate to web-cyradm,  
but I like to think web-cyradmin as an admin tool, not as a user  
tool. That's just my point of view, of course, but since there are  
lots of good sieve tools already available, I don't think it should  
be main priority with web-cyradm. The problem with using sieve is  
that the tool to manage sieve scripts should be powerful enough to  
manage all other sorts of filtering rules too, not only vacation or  
forwarding (although web-cyradmin uses postfix to mange forwarding,  
not sieve scripts). Why, you may ask. The reason is that sieve  
management tools almost never parse the actual sieve script, instead  
they use some other structure to maintain editability, and upon  
editing just replace the actual sieve script. That's why they are  
rarely compatible with each other. So, when it's time to select some  
tool to manage vacation & forwarding, I'd recommend a tool that is  
powerful enough to also manage other filtering. Sieve is great tool  
for server-side mail sorting and all other stuff too, not only for  
vacation / forwarding. And since many webmail applications already  
support editing sieve rules at least via some plugin (avelsieve for  
sm), I'd integrate those features to webmail instead of "forcing"  
users to login to different system when setting vacation & stuff.  
Easier that way, one url for user to remember.

Just my two 0.02m

  Mikko

On 16.4.2007, at 16:50, Martynas wrote:

> Hello,
>
> But it would be great to have such options in web-cyradm: setting
> vacations message and forwarding. It seems, that this is not so  
> difficult
> to integrate. Jus user logins with his username/password and gets 2
> options:
> 1. to set vacations message
> 2. to set forward to another email address.
>
> Kind regards,
> Martynas
>
>
>> Squirrelmail + avelsieve plugin ( http://email.uoa.gr/projects/
>> squirrelmail/avelsieve.php ) is quite usable. For only sieve-filters,
>> http://smartsieve.sourceforge.net/ is good. Allows proxy-auth too.
>> Use only one tool, though; they're rarely compatible with each othe.
>> If you're already offering squirrelmail, avelsieve is the best way to
>> go. Remeber to set sieve's pam module to authenticate via whatever
>> method you're using (probably mysql).
>>
>>   Mikko
>>
>>
>> On 16.4.2007, at 16:23, Martynas wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Are there any possibilities to make access for simple users for
>>> setting
>>> vacation messages? My users want to set vacation messages by
>>> themselves
>>> and there is no such possibility now :(
>>>
>>> Could somebody help?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Martynas
>>>
>>>
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