[imp] identities

[Stuart Morrison]

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> Hi,
>
> i'm not sure to understand...
> I use postfix and in virtual_alias_map i got a redirect file where:
> secretariat_student at domain.tld   studentname at domain.tld
> Thus, all messages sended to the functionnal address are redirected to 
> student box.
> In imp, my student 've only one identity (his student's identity with 
> his student's address, default policy for our students).
> So when he composes a message from imp, the from_address is 
> studentname at domain.tld (the default identity which is locked).
> Is that possible that this particular student compose message with 
> from_address secretariat_student at domain.tld ?
>
> Jan write this:
> "Change the from_addr to be an 'enum' preference type instead of 
> 'text', and fill the 'enum' parameter with the correct values from the 
> db based on Auth::getAuth()."
>
What happens if you briefly unlock the preference for from_addr then 
enter the additional email address for the student as required (assuming 
it would be written to your LDAP preferences backend as an optional 
email address for the student) then lock the preference again?

> that seems to be a track interesting but a little obscure for me.
>
> Thanks Chris
>
> Regards
> Fabrice