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Offline CmdLn

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2014, 09:12:53 AM »
From a security standpoint, I would agree with Stefano.
Hi John,

Is there a potential security issue using the mailsorting contrib?

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2014, 02:47:03 PM »
CmdLn

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Is there a potential security issue using the mailsorting contrib?

None that I know of.
Just use procmail, install the user manager contrib, which I think is called smeserver-userpanel.
I used it recently & it worked fine.
You may have to fine tune the rules over time in order to catch all root type system emails.
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Offline CmdLn

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #32 on: April 07, 2014, 07:52:35 AM »
Thanks for this Janet. Looks like filtering messages from root@mydomain will catch all system messages we have received to date.

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #33 on: May 05, 2014, 09:13:21 AM »
Added filter today to also catch mail to root@mydomain.

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #34 on: May 25, 2014, 12:26:03 PM »
Added from anonymous@mydomain to catch freshclam message.

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2014, 04:15:04 PM »
CmdLn,
your request is absolutely legitimate, it should be possible to redirect admin@ to any other user or address, but on SME server there is no way out.
You should try some alternative :-)

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2014, 04:56:53 PM »
alefattorini, I agree it should be possible and I am sure it could be done if the developers really wanted to.

The mailsorting contrib work around works for me with minimal administration, so I am happy to use SME which I love more and more as I use it more. I am sure most end up installing the mailsorting contrib anyhow. There cant be too many people who want to hack around with procmail recipes!

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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #37 on: May 27, 2014, 04:59:38 PM »
alefattorini

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....it should be possible to redirect admin@ to any other user or address, but on SME server there is no way out.

You can redirect or forward all admin mail to any user you specify in server manager user panel.

Perhaps what you meant to say, was that all root type system mail should be able to be redirected to any user address specified, other than admin, and that the admin email address can be used for any other purpose.

I am sure that could be done if someone was willing to fund the development work.
The developers do not think this is a significant issue that requires their freely given time to fix, but paying them to do so would certainly speed up the process. Same rules apply in most distros.
 
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You should try some alternative :-)

There are usable workarounds given here, so trying an alternative (I assume you mean distro) is not really necessary.
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Re: Rename admin account
« Reply #38 on: May 27, 2014, 05:05:57 PM »
so I am happy to use SME which I love more and more as I use it more.

I'm happy for you :-)