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Re: multiple email address with same user?

To: "post_office@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <post_office@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: multiple email address with same user?
From: eric@xxxxxxxxx (Eric Pooch)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 03:07:08 -0800
Actually, don't put the "immediate" part.  this was a typo - It might not
make a difference.

--Eric

on 2/20/03 3:04 AM, Eric Pooch at eric@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> you need to do a little trick with the cmdutils in The Terminal:
> 
> cd /usr/local/post.office/cmdutils
> 
> ./listsubscribers Post_Office - | ./unsubscribe -q -f -i - Post_Office
> immediate        
> 
> That should all be on one line. replace Post_Office with your list name.  you
> should see this name in the Descriptive Information section of the list
> administration.
> 
> the -q does it w/o notifying users.
> 
> --Eric
> 
> 
> 
> on 2/20/03 2:30 AM, Jim Sheffer at jimsheffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Eric-
>> I just found an east way to get rid of the name by importing the list
>> into excel then exporting just the email addresses.
>> 
>> how do I delete ALL subscribers to a list without deleting the list?
>> thanks
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 02:28:38 -0800, Eric Yang wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>> 
>>> The script is designed to import the one with a name only.
>>> You can enable the script to import address without a name by editing
>>> import.LetterRip script.
>>> 
>>> In line 26:
>>> if($name ne "") {
>>> comment out this line with a # sign in the beginning of the line.
>>> In line 29:
>>> }
>>> put another # sign in front of this line to close the closure.
>>> This will enable your script to import address without a name.
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> regards,
>>> Eric
>>> 
>>> On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 01:55 AM, Jim Sheffer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ok, I hit a snag.
>>>> I used the import.LetterRip command, using an imported test list from
>>>> letterrip.
>>>> the list had 2 addresses, one with a name and address and the next with
>>>> only an address
>>>> 
>>>> It only imported the one with a name (first one).
>>>> any ideas on how I can fix this- I've got some lists with 10's of
>>>> thousands of subscribers, not all woth names...
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks again!
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:53:40 -0800, Jim Sheffer wrote:
>>>>> Thanks to all- Eric, Nitai, Ken, Glenn, Bear, Elton, Mark and probably
>>>>> others :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think It's sinking in, finally.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm going to mull it over a bit while I switch gears and try moving a
>>>>> list or two over from letterrip and see how that goes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have to admit, I haven't had nearly the time I would have liked to
>>>>> muck about with post.office before trying to move all our lists over,
>>>>> but the docs are good, the people here on the list are great, and the
>>>>> program itself, although different then what I'm used to, is starting
>>>>> to grow on me :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm sure i'll have some more questions later on this morning!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:36:40 -0800, Eric Yang wrote:
>>>>>> Jim,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here is your example revised for Post.Office:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> widgets1.com
>>>>>> When creating email for Jim.  Let's say his last name is Smith.
>>>>>> In "Primary Email Address", put:
>>>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Put a check mark on "POP3/IMAP4 Delivery".
>>>>>> POP3/IMAP4 Login name:
>>>>>> jimsmith
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> widgets2.com
>>>>>> When creating email for Jim Parker.
>>>>>> In "Primary Email Address", put:
>>>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Put a check mark on "POP3/IMAP4 Delivery".
>>>>>> POP3/IMAP4 Login name:
>>>>>> jimparker
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Post.Office does not support @ sign in POP3 login name.  Therefore,
>>>>>> the user name must be unique.  However, this does not prevent users
>>>>>> for having the same email id before the @ sign in their email address.
>>>>>> In addition, the POP3 login name does not have to be the same as the
>>>>>> id before the @ sign.
>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 12:10 AM, Jim Sheffer wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What if I have company 1 with three people:
>>>>>>> jack
>>>>>>> jill
>>>>>>> jim
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Through a custom interface, they can sign in and see all the email
>>>>>>> addresses for their domain, widgets1.com.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> They want an email address for each of them with their first names:
>>>>>>> jack@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> username:jack
>>>>>>> jill@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> username:jill
>>>>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> username:jim
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> now company 2 has three people as well in their company, widgets2:
>>>>>>> John,
>>>>>>> Joanie
>>>>>>> jim
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> they can set up john and joanie, but when they go to set up jim, that
>>>>>>> name is in use for another domain (widgets1)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I can understand telling someone they cannot have the same nome as
>>>>>>> someone else in THEIR domain, but how do you tell someone they cannot
>>>>>>> have the name jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx because someone in another domain on
>>>>>>> the server already has the name Jim?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Suppose you were an isp and had 100's of domains, what would you do?
>>>>>>> I tried making the pop3 login name(this seems to be the one that HAS to
>>>>>>> be unique) the same as their email address, but it won't accept the @
>>>>>>> sign.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> sorry I'm so dense- I'm coming from a mail server that allowed me to
>>>>>>> set up a user for domain1, and the same user for domain2 so I'm a
>>>>>>> little stumped :)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for the help!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:32:38 -0800, Eric Yang wrote:
>>>>>>>> Jim,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I think you are on the right track, and Ken's suggestion is
>>>>>>>> even better.
>>>>>>>> Simply, specify unique POP3 mailbox names and
>>>>>>>> associate jim@xxxxxxx to the correct POP3 names, then you
>>>>>>>> will be fine.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 11:03 PM, Jim Sheffer wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Ok, I'm getting ready to begin setting up the email addresses.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Lets say I have 3 domains to keep it simple
>>>>>>>>> I want jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to go to me
>>>>>>>>> another Jim wants jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx to go to him
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> How can I do this?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If I use jim1 and jim2 (which means that when jim3 comes along I have
>>>>>>>>> to search ALL the accounts to see how many jim's there are)
>>>>>>>>> then their
>>>>>>>>> address shows as jim1 <jim1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> or if I use jim%blueworld.com as the user name and
>>>>>>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx as
>>>>>>>>> the email address, then the address looks like jim%blueworld.com
>>>>>>>>> <jim%blueworld.com>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> what I need is for the address to look like
>>>>>>>>> jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks all!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:59:06 -0800, Marc Kaiwi wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> No, I have identical names with different domains but the pop
>>>>>>>>>> account
>>>>>>>>>> user must be different so you would have:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> User Jim1 = POP account: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> User Jim2 = POP account: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Actually I use:
>>>>>>>>>> User jim%blueworld.com = POP account: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> User jim%lassostudio.com = POP account: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> hope this helps...
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 10:52  AM, Jim Sheffer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> We are getting ready to impliment post.Office as our new list
>>>>>>>>>>> and email
>>>>>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>>>>>> I just read this somewhere and was hoping it isn't true...
>>>>>>>>>>> "Post.Office can support multiple domains, but user names must be
>>>>>>>>>>> unique across the domains in order for this feature to work
>>>>>>>>>>> properly "
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Does this mean I cannot have jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx &
>>>>>>>>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Sheffer             Blue World Communications
>>>>>>>>>>> Systems Administrator   phone 425.646.0288 ext. 213
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