[nflug] mail script

[Cyber Source]

eric wrote:
> Cyber, if I created a user that only I have access to0, that gets all
> the mail (just like the 'everyone' account) how would that stop the
> 'everyone' account from deleting the email?
>
> The problem happens when I set permissions for read only on the
> 'everyone' Inbox ...the mail system moves the 'everyone' mail file to
> BOGUS.everyone mail file and then puts a fresh everyone mail file in
> it's place with permissions it can append too.  If there was only one
> memo a day this would be ok, but more than one memo a day comes out
> which doesn't give the many to one users a chance to read a memo before
> it's replaced by a new 'everyone' mail file.  whew!
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>
>   
>> eric wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Here's one for giggles...
>>>
>>> I have an internal linux/sendmail/ mail server that is internally
>>> serving email to it's self there's prolly 50 users mailing each
>>> other. I created a redirect for mass mailing morning memo's.  For
>>> simplicity of
>>> guests visiting us for 2 months I created an email account for the
>>> redirect.
>>>
>>> So here is what happens:
>>>
>>> mail user: 'sally' sends a memo email to redirect 'everyone' which is
>>> now an email account which our 2 month visiting guests login as
>>> 'everyone' to read. ...cool works great!
>>> So here's the problem:
>>>
>>> user 'everyone' can delete their email -not good :( - and I cannot
>>> (of course) set permissions on the actual mail/user because
>>> the mail system will move the 'everyone' mail to BOGUS.everyone and then
>>> create a fresh blank 'everyone' that the mail system can write too
>>>
>>> Any ideas or solutions? ...eventually I will be using an electronic Bill
>>> Board but for now I need a quick hack.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much
>>> -Eric
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>>>       
>> Create a user that gets all the mails and only you have access too?
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>   
I guess I didn't understand the question either. You may need to delve 
into acl's at that point to accomplish what you want or as Bob 
suggested, use a mailman scenario or the like.
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