[imp] Administered identities - once more!

[Tenebrae]

> Citando Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu>:
>
> > Quoting fabricio bianco abreu <fabricio at tc.df.gov.br>:
> >
> > > I would like to enable identityes in imp 3.2.1 adminstravively, that is,
> > > horde admin would set one or more fixed identity for some users (not for
> > > all of them). Users themselves should not be able to create their own
> > > alternete identity.  Users with a fixed alternative identity would have
> > > the ability to send mail "in behalf of" such identity.
> >
> > What exactly do you want to restrict?  Just them changing the From:
> > address,
> > or having identities at all?
> >
> > > How could I accomplish it?
> >
> > I won't answer this until I know what your actual goal is (From: address
> > only, or really disable identities).
> >
> > > PS: I know there is no support for such feature in imp 3.1 because chuck
> > said
> > > so! http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=imp&m=103651315816971&w=2)
> >
> > He was, I think, refering specifically to the ability to administratively
> > set/change peoples preferences/identities via Horde itself.  You could
> > obviously do this via some backend (e.g. if you save stuff in an sql
> > database, you could use sql to manipulate the identities).
> >
> > So, if you can or can not do what you want depends on what you want.
> > What you want to restrict/change, and if you are willing to go outside
> > Horde to make the changes or not.
> >
> > --
> > Eric Rostetter

On Thu, 22 May 2003, fabricio bianco abreu wrote:

> Eric,
>
> Thank you for your fast response.
>
> Let me make myself clear:
>
> 1. A regular user should have only one identity, and should not be able to
> change "from address", "full name" and "respond to".
>
> 2. The horde administrator should be able to give some (but not all) users a
> second identity (which would represent a department in my organization). These
> users should be able to send mail identified as themselves or representing the
> department. These users should not able to change the second (departamental)
> identity. (We could think of it as the user impersonating the department)
>
> How could it be accomplished?

This is an intriguing idea.
I was thinking how nice it would be for IMP to somehow parse sendmail's
aliases and virtusertable to determine available identities.
I am not a programmer.
I have no idea how to do this.
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