[dev] New functionality: email filtering protected with password

[Ralf Lang]

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Am 23.10.2012 00:02, schrieb Ignacio L.P.:
> Hi all. I am new to horde. I am considering implementing a new
> feature, but first of all I would like to know whether it is really
> "new" ... this is why I turn first to this mailing list.
> 
> The functionality is to protect the filter function with a 
> username/password different from the username/password of the user
> account. The idea behind this is to manage email accounts for
> children by providing a "parental control" to the filtering
> function, so that it is possible for parents to decide how to
> filter the messages the children could receive or send.
> 
> Currently several companies provide a service like this, but
> usually it is a paid service (an example is zillamail.net). I think
> it would be nice if horde could support such functionality.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.

I don't know how this will work out. There is a service behind this,
sieve or procmail mostly. This service can be accessed circumventing
ingo mail filter UI. Otoh, you need the credentials of the user to
manipulate his filters.

But I have another use case:

Allow a secretary to change a user's vacation status without knowing
his password.

But as I said, I don't have any idea how to manipulate the backend
without the user's credentials/with alternate credentials.

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Ralf Lang
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Mail: lang at b1-systems.de

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