[freeside] Email aliases

[ivan]

1.5 has a postfix export that generates text /etc/aliases and 
/etc/postfix/virtual files from svc_forward records.

eg/export_template.pm is an example template for writing exports
(updated in 1.5 and now completely self-contained).  Probably best to
check CVS HEAD or ask on the -devel list before starting to write an
export to make sure you're not duplicating work.

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_ivan


On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 02:13:23PM +1000, Ryan Trainor wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I'm just setting up my first install of freeside and so far loving it!
> I'm running on RedHat EL 3.0 ES and the only real problems I've had so
> far have been to do with the RHN versions of RPMs not having the options
> I want compiled, such as pgsql support in freeradius. The problem I'm
> currently trying to work thru is regarding email aliases and I think
> it's more a problem of me not having the concept of how freeside deals
> with them straight in my head. Common enough scenario:
>  
> I create a mailbox for Bob from Company A, and another for John from
> Company A. I use the usernames compa-bob and compa-john, respectively.
> Now Company A register companya.com and I set the catchall for the
> domain to compa-bob. All is good.
> Then Bob calls and says that he wants info at companya.com to go to John.
> In theory I can just throw a line in /etc/aliases, or I can setup
> another mailbox thru freeside and a svc_forward to bounce that on to
> John. If I go the second path then I set up a new user called info.
> When Company B does all of the above and also wants info at companyb.com
> forwarded somewhere, it can't be done because the info user already
> exists.
>  
> I'm not using vpopmail, virtual domains or an sql-backed smtp server -
> I'm using postfix 2.something because I want to stick with the RedHat
> Network versions of the RPMs so that when an exploit in postfix is
> discovered I just grab the new package via up2date. Hence my choice in
> software is a bit restricted. My current plan is for freeside to add
> unix users for each mailbox with blank passwords and have the pop3
> server use pam_radius to authenticate them - this is working fine so
> far. What I'd really like is for situations like the one above,
> somewhere is freeside that I could specify that info at companya.com goes
> to local user compa-john and info at companyb.com goes to compb-fred and
> have an export script put the appropriate lines into /etc/aliases and
> remove them as required. I'd *really* love to be able to look at a
> customer in cust_main.cgi, click on a mailbox account and see the
> aliases that point to that mailbox =)
>  
> Am I missing something? Is there an accepted way of making this work, or
> does everyone just use vpopmail?
>  
> I guess the other option is to just whack together a quick web interface
> to /etc/aliases and have newaliases run every 15 mins out of cron, but
> I'd like to keep it in freeside if possible. Most of the research I've
> done so far has pointed to svc_acct_sm, but that appears to have been
> deprecated and in my new 1.41 install there isn't a table for it in the
> standard schema. If svc_acct_sm is still the best way to do it I'm happy
> to stuff around and get it working of course =)
>  
> Any suggestions or pointers anyone has would be great.
>  
> Thanks guys,
>  
> Ryan Trainor

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_ivan