On Samstag, 16. Dezember 2006 10:31 Aaron Stone wrote:
> I would like to be able to support the configuration that you're
> suggesting below. Everyone interested should please continue
> discussion so that we get some good ideas and issues out on the
> table! :-)

Advantage:
- List of domains easy to retrieve for postfix:
query = SELECT domain FROM zmi_domains WHERE domain='%s'
- Easy to find the root of the aliased domains for postfix:
query = SELECT concat( '@', pridomain ) FROM zmi_domains WHERE 
concat( '@', pridomain )='%s' AND pridomain IS NOT NULL
- I showed before that it's easy to find from an alias the final 
recipient user
- by using the already prepared "client_idnr" (which really should be 
called customer_id, because client makes me think of an e-mail client 
and it's IP address), one can assign aliases, users and domains 
together, making it easier for support departments, because even within 
a company you can use it for separating departments
- It helps stop backscatter easily, because you don't accept e-mail for 
aliases that don't exist, even in alias domains.
- It's easier to see which domains are just aliases.

Disadvantage:
- DB schema change necessary
- at least one more table
- maybe it could be a problem if you want to define:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
@domaina -> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I mean, having domaina be an alias for domainb, except address 
[EMAIL PROTECTED], which should go somewhere else. That should be thought of at 
implementation time.

a bit OT:
Also, I love the idea of a postmaster@ generic user alias, that would be 
great, because only that domains that really want it themselves should 
define it then, the rest goes to our support department.

mfg zmi
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