It could be a compile option (like --enable-welcomemsg). We are an ISP and use it for new customers. We have a nice letter typed up that explains all the cool things that we have to offer that they wouldn't know about otherwise. Also, when we are setting up someone's email, it is nice to have an email waiting to be received so that you know it worked.
Trey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kolaci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Re: welcome message > > If you're going to put this in the distribution, make > sure that you have to select an option to have the mail > delivered. I'm sure many people would *not* want this > message in their INBOX. We used to do this an about 85% > of our customers complained, so it was removed. > > Brian > > > Hi Trey, > > > > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 07:56:54 -0600 > > "Trey Nolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>> Is there a way to set a "welcome" message that is sent when a > > >>> postmaster creates an e-mail account? > > > > >> Modify vpopmail sources for "vadddomain" not only creating "Maildir" > > >> but copying an e-mail to 'Maildir/new' too. > > > > > This sure is a pain to do every time you update vpopmail. I sure hope > > > this feature gets accepted into the distribution one day.... > > > > Write the code, write it good, stable and secure, and submit it. > > Maybe it's merged with vpopmail-core and no "rewrite" will be necessary. > > -- > > Peter > > > > > >
