Re: [exim] timed permission

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Autor: Adrian Barker
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Para: Ron McKeating
CC: Exim-Users \(E-mail\)
Assunto: Re: [exim] timed permission
Ron McKeating wrote:
> Hi all, we are looking at a way of only allowing certain people to send
> email at certain time, eg out of hours. This would be useful for say
> allowing the students union to send out ents information, which goes to
> all students and could put a very large load on the server during
> working hours.
>
> Just wondering if anybody has already done this before we re-invent the
> wheel.
>
> Ron
>
>


We do this: email to all staff and students is sent out after 10 pm. We
use the queryprogram router that returns a 'defer' for these recipient
addresses if the time is between 7 am and 10 pm. It uses a simple Perl
script and is the first router, but is only called for specified
local_parts.


Adrian Barker,
University College London.