On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, W B Hacker wrote:
> Tony Finch wrote:
> > I suppose we could do so with a much more complicated database
> > infrastructure, but why bother when Exim can resolve it at run time?
>
> It is not only 'possible' to do this in a 'flat' model, it is
> simple and quite easy to provide to diverse managers, groups,
> and users. [...]
>
> - One or more DB (SQL or other) with 'n' domains, each of which
> has 'nd' departments, 'nds' sub-departments, etc. as far down as
> you need to go (3 to 5 levels?).
You make my point for me. Our infrastructure for this is just a load of
aliases files and a simple user interface for editing them. The fewer
programs we have to manage the better - hence no SQL database.
Tony.
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