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[Julian Field]

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At 05:22 29/09/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Julian :)
>
>With reference to one of your previous mail:
>
> > And if you want to read these from an SQL,
> > LDAP or other storage system, you can do all of that with simple Custom
> > Functions.
>
>I'm a little bit confused because previously, you did mention that
>there was no way for MailScanner to find out the real username and you
>would not want to interfere with the delivery process. However, now it
>looks like there may be Custom Functions that can be used to load the
>preference from a LDAP or SQL server.

You can look up the destination's email address as seen by MailScanner, but
that doesn't necessarily map to a single known user on your system. Aliases
make a good example of when this is not the case.

>Do you know of any samples / examples of these customs functions to
>read from an SQL / LDAP servers? I was trying to look for any
>information on this, but could not find any. Any useful URLs could
>help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

There are some examples of various things in CustomConfig.pm, start there.
--
Julian Field
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