Re: [cobalt-users] Re: openwebmail - user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - easy fix

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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Shuttleworth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8:10 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Re: openwebmail - user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - easy fix


>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John D. Gorena
> > Sent: 09 December 2002 19:29
> > To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Re: openwebmail - user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - easy
> > fix
> >
> >
> > Charles Teton wrote:
> > >
> > > Mike, Check this out...
> > >
> > > > Hi, on openwebmail when people send emails its always from
> > > > user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx rather than user@xxxxxxxxxxx I have tried the
> > > > tutorial fix that comeswith openwebmail with no luck, how can I get
it
> > > > to send from user@xxxxxxxxxx??
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Mike Hughes.
> > > > VisionHost.net
> > >
> > > Open 'openwebmail', open 'User Preference', open 'Edit Personal Email
> > > Addresses', add email address you want i.e. 'user@xxxxxxxxxx' and
'Real
> > > Name', click 'Back to User preferences', then select 'From:' field and
> > > select 'user@xxxxxxxxxx', 'Save' and thats it...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Charles Teton
> > > http://www.makingmymovie.com
> > >
> >
> > Charles,
> >
> > That is a great catch and that helps a bunch but is there a way for the
> > administrator to set the default to not show the www.?
> >
> > John
>
> No
>
> I again post the only fully automatic NO USER INPUT solution that I have
> Found, It is sooooo easy even I managed to set it up!! All new users have
> the www removed within 1 hour without anyone lifting a finger.
>
>
>
> A fix which I use from Bill B (thanks Bill)
>
> <snip>
>
> Using an idea suggested by Kim Schulz, I have came up with this and it
> works for all users:
>
> As root, Create a copy of the virtusertable for OWM:
>    cd /etc/mail
>    cp virtusertable virtusertable.owm
>    perl -pi -e "s/www\.//g" virtusertable.owm
>
> Set this up as a script to run hourly from cron.
>
> Add this line to openwebmail.conf
>    virtusertable           /etc/mail/virtusertable.owm
>
> This will remove the 'www' from everyone, no need to reset any options.
>
> - Bill B.
>  <snip>
>
>
> This make a copy of the virtusertable every hour which owm then uses,
simple
> and it works!!
>
> Regards
> Paul.
>
>
>

How does one set this up to run hourly from cron?
Declan