Simon Alman wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> I've been mulling this one over for a while and before I start trying to
> figure out if its possible I thought I'd check if its already been done.
>
> I run a small company exim mailserver with around 50 virtual users. At
> the moment when these users are about to go on vacation they email me to
> let me know when they are away until and I then setup their .forward
> file appropriately (I also then have to remember to remove their
> vacation at the right time).
>
> Obviously as the compnay scales this is not a task I want to have to do
> manually, the ideal situation would be to allow users to set their own
> vacation response and away/back status. My first thoughts were that it
> would be cool to be able to email onvacation@somedomain or
> offvacation@somedomain with the body of the message being used to set
> the message and the sender being the user who's email is affected. If
> you needed security you could have a keyword in the subject or somesuch
> thing. My second thought was that maybe someone has coded a webpage
> version along the same idea.
>
> Does anyone know if either of these have been done, if not does anyone
> think it is practical for somone with basic python skills (myself) to
> have a go or is this not a small project ?
>
> Any help advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
Is Usermin any use? (
http://www.webmin.com/uintro.html). It allows users to
edit their .forward files via the Web. I'm not sure if it's any use for
virtual users.
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