Re: mail2fax

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Neal Becker
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: mail2fax
} One of our people want to have a mail alias that will include fax as
} well as email (he wants a mail alias that will be a mail list that
} will include deliveries via fax as well as via email.)
}
} I have hylafax, which includes a faxmail program, so I can pipe email
} to it. But I'm trying to figure out how he can have a mail alias that
} will trigger those pipes without letting unauthorized (outside) people
} also trigger deliveries (I'm not concerned about hiding the alias from
} people within our organization, I just don't want to setup a list that
} will let anyone in the universe activate our fax).

Originally I was thinking that this could be done by having a fax domain,
routing it via a pipe, and using the anti-relay logic to prevent outsiders
using it, however I guess a local alias which feeds it would subvert
this....

It would be possible to do this within the filter code, either by sending
it to a pseudo user or in the global filter code.

However the simplest answer looks like a wrapper script on the mail2fax
command which checks for authorised users.

    Nigel.


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