Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 18:26:44 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: postfix -- auto footers Message-ID: <20010927182644.D3486@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010927195707.01d85010@pop.ozemail.com.au>; from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:14:29PM %2B1000 References: <01f601c1458f$11fb3440$2a7627cb@bytecraft.au.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20010927195707.01d85010@pop.ozemail.com.au>
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:14:29PM +1000, Rob B wrote: > At 16:55 25/09/2001, MurrayTaylor wrote: > >Has anyone developed a method of automagically adding > >company footers to outbound email via postfix ... > > > >I would like to avoid having to setup footers on all the > >user clents... > > > >cheers > >mjt > > This is not a Good Thing. It may break MIME structure or be invisible in > MIME mail, and it's a falsification of mail. That's why there is no official > interface for this function. You might get content filtering to do what you > want, but you're heading for troubles. > > This was an idea suggested on the Postfix-users mailing list - > > <quote> > send an email to all users with the official signature, and > instructions on how to add it to their email client. > </quote> > > You could then try and filter out all outgoing mails that don't contain the > official signature. I'm not sure on the command to do this, but maybe > something like a body_checks regexp? > > Cheers, > Rob > I question whether this is any kind of job for an MTA for god's sake. It's job is to get mail from A to B, not add to message content. This is a job for the MUA. Then you can piss people even more off with these ludicrous messages you see now about the email only meant for the intended recipients and if you receive it when you are not meant to please send it back... Can't you just setup a global signature file anyway ? Or god forbid a vcard ... ! -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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