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:mod:`VirtualMailManager.Alias` --- Handling of alias e-mail addresses
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.. module:: VirtualMailManager.Alias
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  :synopsis: Handling of alias e-mail addresses
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.. moduleauthor:: Pascal Volk <neverseen@users.sourceforge.net>
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.. toctree::
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   :maxdepth: 2
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This module provides the :class:`Alias` class. The data are read from/stored
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in the ``alias`` table. This table is used by Postfix to rewrite recipient
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addresses.
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Alias
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---------
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.. class:: Alias(dbh, address)
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  Creates a new *Alias* instance. Alias instances provides the :func:`__len__`
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  method. So the existence of an alias in the database can be tested with a
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  simple if condition.
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  :param dbh: a database connection
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  :type dbh: :class:`pyPgSQL.PgSQL.Connection`
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  :param address: the alias e-mail address.
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  :type address: :class:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress.EmailAddress`
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  .. method:: add_destinations(destinations, expansion_limit [, warnings=None])
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    Adds the *destinations* to the destinations of the alias. This method
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    returns a ``set`` of all addresses which successfully were stored into the
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    database.
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    If one of the e-mail addresses in *destinations* is the same as the alias
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    address, it will be silently discarded. Destination addresses, that are
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    already assigned to the alias, will be also ignored.
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    When the optional *warnings* list is given, all ignored addresses will be
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    appended to it.
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    :param destinations: The destination addresses of the alias
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    :type destinations: :obj:`list` of
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      :class:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress.EmailAddress` instances
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    :param expansion_limit: The maximal number of destinations (see also:
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      `virtual_alias_expansion_limit
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      <http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#virtual_alias_expansion_limit>`_)
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    :type expansion_limit: :obj:`int`
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    :param warnings: A optional list, to record all ignored addresses
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    :type warnings: :obj:`list`
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    :rtype: :obj:`set`
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    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.AliasError: if the additional
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      *destinations* will exceed the *expansion_limit* or if the alias
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      already exceeds its *expansion_limit*.
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    .. seealso:: :mod:`VirtualMailManager.ext.postconf` -- to read actual
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      values of Postfix configuration parameters.
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  .. method:: del_destination(destination)
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    Deletes the given *destination* address from the alias.
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    :param destination: a destination address of the alias
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    :type destination: :class:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress.EmailAddress`
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    :rtype: :obj:`None`
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    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.AliasError: if the destination wasn't
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      assigned to the alias or the alias doesn't exist.
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  .. method:: delete()
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    Deletes the alias with all its destinations.
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    :rtype: :obj:`None`
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    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.AliasError: if the alias doesn't exist.
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  .. method:: get_destinations()
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    Returns an iterator for all destinations (``EmailAddress`` instances) of
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    the alias.
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    :rtype: :obj:`listiterator`
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    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.AliasError: if the alias doesn't exist.