[horde] reply identity

[Arjen de Korte]

Citeren Systeembeheer Molenplaats Sonsbeek <adje at bezoekerscentrumsonsbeek.nl>:

> Citeren Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Systeembeheer BCS <adje at bezoekerscentrumsonsbeek.nl>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> when replying to an incoming message that was send to an email adress
>>> linked to a non-default identity, the default identity is overruled. So the
>>> reply is sent using the email address the mail was received on as standard
>>> from address.
>>>
>>> Any way to force the use of the default identity email address for outgoing
>>> mail, even when replying to an incoming message that was sent to a
>>> non-default identity address?
>>
>> No, not automatically. That's one of the features of using an  
>> identity. You must change the identity in the "From" drop down if  
>> you don't want to send using a different identity than the email  
>> was sent to.
>>
> Yes, it seems logical that identities work that way but it would be  
> nice to have at least the option to change this behaviour. We are  
> migrating from one domain to another and in that specific situation  
> it makes sense to force all outgoing mail to be send from the new  
> domain only. I can't rely on my users to change this manually every  
> time they send out a reply.

If memory serves, you're using Postfix as mailserver. In that case,  
you could use the 'canonical' table to rewrite the recipient address  
to the new domain when receiving the messages.

See http://www.postfix.org/canonical.5.html

> One workaround would be to replace the old email adres in all  
> identities with the new one. But as the reply button's default is  
> reply to all with no standard option to change that (no intention to  
> start that discussion again...), imp will send a cc to the old  
> address with each reply which is not very convenient either.
>
> Seems the standard options can't help me out here, looks like I have  
> some PHP coding to do.
>
>>> Using (not the latest) Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.1.4
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