Fwd: [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

On 20/11/2010, at 4:04 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> Excerpts from Dave Page's message of vie nov 19 12:22:09 -0300 2010:
>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>> I wonder if the mailing list would alow posting from an address like
>>> forums+1357(at)postgresql(dot)com(dot)au if only forums(at)postgresql(dot)com(dot)au is
>>> subscribed. The number or string after the + would presumably be the
>>> user ID in the forum or some unique identifier. (Extra points if the
>>> mailing software at that domain forwards email to the user when sent to
>>> that address (or maybe a PM in the forum system) -- this would solve
>>> Dave's concern.)
>>
>> That would solve it, yes. I don't think mj2 will allow that though -
>> we've been looking for something similar for sysadmin use.
>
> So let's patch Mj2.

If we use a pattern like the persons unique username:
Elliot Chance <forums-chancey(at)postgresql(dot)com(dot)au>
John Smith <forums-jsmith(at)postgresql(dot)com(dot)au>

Then I can create a catch-all so that when an email is sent to forums-chancey(at)postgresql(dot)com(dot)au it finds the user "chancey" gets the real address and sends it on. If there were a way we could register a range for mj2 like accept all emails from forums-*(at)posgresql(dot)com(dot)au then I think that solution would work well.

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