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How to implement this? Rules or distribution list

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:11 am
by Alik
Hello,

we need to implement the following with scalix:

1. Every mail that is send to user test1 shoul goes as copy to users test2, test3 and test4
2. Every mail that is send to user test2 shoul goes as copy to users test1, test3 and test4
3. Every mail that is send to user test3 shoul goes as copy to users test1, tes2 and test4
4. Every mail that is send to user test4 shoul goes as copy to users test1, tes2 and test3
5. Also every mail that is send to testinggourp should gous to users test1, test2, test3, test4 (in that case distribution list )

How can I realise this?

Regards
Alik

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:26 am
by Valerion
The last option should be a distribution list for sure. As to the others - wouldn't something like delegation be a better option?

Since everyone if the group is supposed to see all email, you can give user1 permission to open user2's INBOX and see what mail is in there, without having to copy it to each mailbox.

Alternatively, you can give the email addresses all to the distribution list (testgroup@company, user1@company, etc), which means it will get delivered to all the mailboxes. Then you can do a rewrite in sendmail on the outgoing emails to change the email address you assigned to each user (incorrect.user1@company -> user1@company).

It also depends on how much you trust your users. You can easily put a Forward / Redirect rule with a --retain in the mailbox using sxaa, but the user may be able to delete that rule himself. If that's not an issue, maybe that's the correct way to approach this.

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:18 am
by Alik
Thank you for the fast reply Valerion. I think I can trust my users, but I guess there is an another issue.

For Example:

Let's imagine this configuration:

1. Distribution list like tesgroup@company includes user test1@company, test2@company
3. sxaa forwarding rules, test1@company -> test2@company and test2@company -> test1@company

An incoming E-Mail to testgroup goes to test1 and test2 and because of the rules above test1 forward this message to test2 and so on.