Postfix and Autoresponders

[Wido]

Hi,

I am making a MySQL based autoresponder for postfix in combination with this howto: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_po..._quota_courier

Now i have made:

autorespond  unix -       n       n       -       -       pipe flags=F
  user=nobody argv=/usr/local/bin/autorespond ${sender} ${recipient}

In the transport table i add:

domain: user@example.com
transport: autorespond:

That works fine, the mail gets delivered to the program "autorespond" wich fetches some data from the MySQL and sends an autorespond message.

But here comes the problem.

Since the message gets delivered to the "autorespond transport" it does not end up in the users Maildir.

I want to do both

Is it possible to deliver a message to "autorespond" and "virtual", so that autorespond can sent a message and virtual can deliver the mail to the users Maildir?

I know there are many ways to rome, but wich one fits in best in this situation?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Wido

Since the message gets delivered to the "autorespond transport" it does not end up in the users Maildir.

I think you must change your autorespond script so that it still puts the original message into the recipient's Maildir.

[iyeat]

I know this thread is old... but I wanted to see if my logic applies:

Using the same setup as Wido...

autorespond  unix -       n       n       -       -       pipe flags=F
  user=nobody argv=/usr/local/bin/autorespond ${sender} ${recipient}

I would create a vacation tld just to use as a fake in my domains table:

mysql> select * from domains;
+------------------+
| domain           |
+------------------+
| example.com      | 
| vaca.example.com | 
+------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

In the forwardings table, I'll forward mail for my example user so that it will deliver to the user's mailbox as well as a user on the vacation tld:

mysql> select * from forwardings;
+------------------+----------------------------------------+
| source           | destination                            |
+------------------+----------------------------------------+
| user@example.com | user@example.com,user@vaca.example.com | 
+------------------+----------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Then in the transport table, I set up so that mail for any user on the vacation tld is forwarded to the autoresponder:

mysql> select * from transport;
+-------------------+--------------+
| domain            | transport    |
+-------------------+--------------+
| @vaca.example.com | autorespond: | 
+-------------------+--------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Theoretically then, anything sent to a @vaca.example.com email address will get piped to the autoresponder -- does that sound correct?

Question 2 is -- suppose I forwarded the mail to user@example.com@vaca.example.com -- would that work properly? Does that give me any benefit here?

Thanks!

Caio

[falko]

Originally Posted by iyeat

Theoretically then, anything sent to a @vaca.example.com email address will get piped to the autoresponder -- does that sound correct?

That *could* work. Have you tested it?

[iyeat]

Not yet -- Haven't had much time to do so as we're having severe inclement weather here in California which is affecting the power grid. I will attempt to do so and report back.

Caio