[turba] How many are using virtual address books?

[Michael Rubinsky]

Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Quoting Michael Rubinsky <mike at theupstairsroom.com>:
>
>> I had a client that was using them with FW_3 code.  They were
>> essentially using them as an automatically updated distribution list
>>  type thingie. I do not do work for these people any longer, so I
>> don't  know if they are still using this.
>>
>> While I still feel they are a useful addition to Turba, I would not
>> be  *too* upset to see them go.  Though I do hate to see code I
>> wrote get  cut.... ;)
>
> I'm not talking about cutting them, I'm talking about having people
> re-create them after upgrading to 2.2/HEAD.

Oh. As Rosana-Rosana-dana would say, "Nevermind". (I probably just  
dated myself there...)

:)

> I don't have any intention of removing the feature, though I did
> simplify it a bit. Hearing you say "automatically updated distribution
> lists", though, I wonder if it would make more sense to have virtual
> contact groups instead of virtual address books. That way you _could_
> email the results of a search.

I agree.  One thing, though, that the vbooks allowed them that I don't  
think contact groups would, is that they could assign permissions on  
them desperately.  I don't remember the specifics, or why they wanted  
it this way,  but at one point they were able to give someone  
PERMS_READ access to one of the vbooks, without having them have  
access to the entire global address book.  But admittedly, this was an  
odd case.

Now that you mention it, I'm wondering about the feasibility of  
implementing something similar to what Exchange can do with  
distribution lists...list-level permissions, including a permission to  
specify what email addresses are allowed to send to it etc...

> There was one error because shares were being saved twice, which was
> confusing but not fatal, but also vbooks weren't saving their
> criteria. I don't know why that was.

OK. Thanks.



Thanks,
mike

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