----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fitzpatrick" <lists (at mark) webtent.net>
To: "BlueQuartz" <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 6:54 AM
Subject: [coba-e:09469] Openwebmail package fix for BQ
> In regards to my post on Monday about the reply. Thanks to Brian for the
> suggestion, but I just can't let my customers find out, after they've
> lost a weeks worth of mail while on vacation, that they need check the
> 'Keep local copy' checkbox on the Forward line above the Auto-reply line
> in Openwebmail prefs. A simple line added to the openwebmail-prefs.pl
> file will fix this issue. The problem is caused by Openwebmail reading
> in all the comments, etc. from the .forward file that are placed their
> by the BQ GUI. When OW sees these comments (i.e.: # VACATIONSTART) and
> places it in the forward line of the prefs, saving the prefs also saves
> the forward and if you don't check keep local copy, all mail coming in
> afterward is lost :/
>
> To keep this from happening, just insert the following line after line
> no. 1964....change this:
>
> next if ( $name=~/^$/ ); <--line 1964
> if ($name=~/$vacation_bin/) { $autoreply=1; }
>
> to this:
>
> next if ( $name=~/^$/ );
> next if ( $name=~/^#/ );
> if ($name=~/$vacation_bin/) { $autoreply=1; }
>
> This merely avoids any comments in the file. Works for us here, just
> thought I'd pass it along.
>
> --
> Robert
>
Thanks Robert for finding this solution.
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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net