Roundcube identities

[Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)]

On 2012-11-28 18:15, Sebastian Albrink wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>> 
>>> After using Kolab 2.x for several years, I just set up a Kolab 3 
>>> test
>>> environment. It's up and running on CentOS 6.3. Thanks for the great
>>> work!
>>> 
>>> While playing around with the new system, I noticed that I cannot 
>>> set
>>> a
>>> custom identity in Roundcube. This is the error message I get:
>>> 
>>> postfix/submission/smtpd[7568]: C66C53FF58: reject: DATA from
>>> localhost[127.0.0.1]: 554 5.7.1 <DATA>: Data command rejected: Could
>>> not
>>> find envelope sender user some_identity at myothermailaddress.net;
>>> from=<some_identity at myothermailaddress.net>
>>> to=<test_destination at expample.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<my.mail.domain>
>>> 
>>> Is this a bug or a feature or did I miss something during setup?
>>> 
>> 
>> A user is only allowed to send email messages using an envelope 
>> sender
>> address that is either directly associated with the user (i.e., for
>> which the user is also the recipient), or for which the user has been
>> explicitly authorized.
>> 
>> If you want to be able to send with $somethingelse at example.org, you
>> should set the extra alias to the corresponding user in the web
>> administration panel first.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Jeroen van Meeuwen
>> 
> 
> Thanks! Adding an alias in Kolab Webadmin worked. :) I just tried 
> adding
> a "mailAlternateAddress" which did not work.
> 
> [1] says "Envelope sender addresses that a user is typically allowed 
> to
> use include primary and secondary email addresses directly associated
> with the user's entity in the authentication and authorization
> database." but both, alias and mailAlternateAddress, are labled
> "secondary email address" in Kolab Webadmin.
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice to have a hint in Roundcube or in Kolab Webadmin?
> 

We have, as a means of clarifying the default use of the two 
attributes:

   http://git.kolab.org/kolab-wap/tree/lib/locale/en_US.php#n251

mailAlternateAddress (in more recent versions of the Web Administration 
Panel) is now ear-marked "External Email Address(es)".

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen

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