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Den 8 feb 2014 15:37 skrev "T.B." <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to discuss a feature request regarding a central mail-signature
distribution for SOGo web interface, Thunderbird (with SOGo Integrator) and
Outlook.
> Some people may ask, why would you do that?
> Short answer: The uniform appearance is a matter of "Corporate Identity",
which is very important for many companies. And it simplifies admins job,
too.
> Some companies even use mail signatures for advertisement or
announcements (e.g. new products, exhibitions, ...).
> In many countries companies are forced by law that their e-mails and
their business letters contain legal information about the company like
CEO, members of the board, address, tax-ID, Commercial Register Number,
legal entity number and so on.
> Therefore a central management is necessary.
> And for Inverse, it's an sales argument.
>
>
> To explain how this could work, let me introduce the discontinued
freeware "Outlook Signature":
> Outlook Signature is an Windows executable which is executed by the
user-logon-script.
> It takes templates, fills in custom user data (name, phone nr., mail
address, job title, ...) and places the signature files in the appropriate
location where Outlook expects them. Even if the user is allowed to change
the signatures, they will get overwritten by the logon script at next boot.
>
>
> Feature list:
> Generate any number of signatures based on custom templates (HTM, RTF and
TXT),
> Use of data from any database source,
> Using data from the Active Directory in a Windows Server environment (+
LDAP),
> Automatic distribution of all signature files,
> Automatic setting of Outlook signature options,
> Set different signatures for new messages and for replies,
> Support for Outlook 2000, XP, 2003, 2007,
> Automatic detection of the version of Outlook,
> Central configuration via INI file (s),
> Debug mode
>
> Old Website:
>
> German (from Internet Archive):
>
https://web.archive.org/web/20130224064509/http://zerbit.de/projekte/outlooksignature.aspx
>
> Google Translate English (from Internet Archive):
>
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20130224064509%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fzerbit.de%2Fprojekte%2Foutlooksignature.aspx
>
> The download is still available from the Internet Archive:
>
https://web.archive.org/web/20130224064509/http://zerbit.de/download/outlooksignature1902.zip
>
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>
> For SOGo this could be designed as follows:
>
> An SOGo administrator creates signature templates (HTM, RTF and TXT) and
saves them preferably to a database.
> SOGo server provides a service where Thunderbird Integrator and an
possible executable like "Outlook Signature" gets the updated signatures.
This service should fill in the data from the databases into the templates
- server side! Therefore the user source database should get extended.
> Maybe there could be a additional possibility that an user can edit
specific data fields for his signature in the Web Interface and Thunderbird
Integrator - controlled by ACLs.
> Or a mechanism where a user can make an direct request (not by e-mail) to
the admin to change specific fields like job title or phone number.
>
> Currently we are using different signatures for people with and without
mobile phone numbers. The sales people also use different signatures.
> But not every user should be able to use every available signature.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> What do other people here and at Inverse think about this?
>
> Kind regards
>
> T.B.
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