You missed the point of the original message. This is qmail running on the customers machine at the customers site. The machine was set up by the ISP for the customer. I assume they were payed for that service. We provide this service (server setup and customization) for our customers and charge them for this. The original question was not should he, but how. :) I believe he was already pointed at FAQ 8.2. On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Racer X wrote: > well, if i were you, i'd tell him to bloody archive it himself - i make it > pretty clear to customers that we don't take responsibility for making sure > their stuff is secured like that. at the very least, tell him to pay you > (up front) for both the time required to implement the solution as well as > the cost of all associated equipment and media, and make sure you work out a > contract that limits your liability in case you botch it up. > > but it's not that hard, really. all you really have to do is CC a copy of > every message to a maildir (just add a line in the dot-qmail-default). when > the maildir gets up around 550-600 mb, copy all the files to another > directory and offload them to tape/cd/whatever. there's probably a better > way to do it, but i'd bet this is the simplest. > > i'd let the customer worry about any archiving/indexing, unless you do that > sort of thing for a living, in which case i'm sure you already know how to > do it and how much to bill for it :) > > shag > ===== > Judd Bourgeois | CNM Network +1 (805) 520-7170 > Software Architect | 1900 Los Angeles Avenue, 2nd Floor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Simi Valley, CA 93065 > > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denis Voitenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wed 17 Nov 1999 23.18 > Subject: Archiving all incoming and outgoing mail... Quite an unusual > problem. > > > > My client has demanded a very strange thing. He wants to archive all > > incoming and outgoing mail that goes thru the qmail server (installed and > > configured by me). He has a small LAN of 20+ people but the mail traffic > is > > pretty heavy since there is a ton of AutoCad 2K documents attached to mail > > :-) I told him that is was generally not a great idea 'cause the mail > server > > has only 6 gigs of space but he said he'd be willing to burn stale stuff > on > > CD's. So technically I have no choice but to make it work. Now, how in the > > world do I do this? > > > > Should I create some account like archive and rewrite headers (maybe add > BCC > > field) of all mail? The system runs maildir so I think archiving files > will > > not be a major problem... > > > > Denis Voitenko > > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- Timothy L. Mayo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Administrator localconnect(sm) http://www.localconnect.net/ The National Business Network Inc. http://www.nb.net/ One Monroeville Center, Suite 850 Monroeville, PA 15146 (412) 810-8888 Phone (412) 810-8886 Fax
