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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 02:48:22 GMT
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- From: "James Dryfoos - Postmaster" <DMPM@DUKEMC>
- Subject: User defined directory service?
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- We have a database matching user full names, dept , ... to their mail id.
- I would like to interface this somehow into PMDF. What I want to be
- able to do is to have a "user defined" directory capability. For example,
- I may want to permit a query structure that is last.first@mc.duke.edu
- where one may have only a piece of that last name (i.e. would have to allow for
- combinations of possibilities as well as multiple identical names).
-
- As far as I can tell, PMDF only allows a one-to-one matching (i.e. jim =
- dryfo001 or dryfoos.jim = dryfo001). I would like to do more than this.
- Perhaps I need a rewrite rule that maps * to my homebrew channel? Is
- this possible? I have currently been adding an alias for all users that
- are not on the local system and that must go through my homebrew channel.
- Once in my channel, I can do anything with the destination address.
-
- Appreciate any responce or suggestions. Sorry if I have just
- overlooked something that already exists.
-
- The only other thing is that this mechanism will need to support thousands of
- user names.
-
- -Jim
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