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Adriaan
04-21-2002, 11:44 AM
As I noticed many RaQ users want to provide free mail for their site users (example, avisitor@mydomain.com).

I searched trough forums and web sites but didn't found anything intresting.
Only highly expensive scripts and I don't want to use a service like BigMailBox.com (as it looks cheap). I know the consequences of spam and I still want to do this.

I want to make a free mail-redirecting service. Maybe it's possible to make a ".forward" file or smth and edit it with (for example) a Perl scripts to add/remove/change an email alias? Is it possible? Can someone help?

Thanks :)
Adriaan

Reg
04-22-2002, 07:41 PM
Yes, this is possible. I forgot what mail program the RaQ uses, but the program should create a text file in it's config directory for use with email redirection. You could write a Perl/PHP script to access it (assuming you change the ownership of the file to a user that the script can use to access it).

Adriaan
04-23-2002, 06:06 AM
Yes, I think it's possible too, and I'm willing to write a Perl/PHP script. Someone know the best (fastest) solution for this?

Adriaan