doc/source/vmm_relocated.rst
author martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:45:57 +0200
branchv0.6.x
changeset 492 e5c2b3647971
parent 220 8b8d632f0ef3
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Modify address check query to obtain well-defined result The way in which UNION does not yield the desired result, because (a) UNION merges results and (b) the result order is undefined. This patch changes the query to select the counts as columns and hence provides a well-defined order.

:mod:`VirtualMailManager.Relocated` --- Handling of relocated users
===================================================================

.. module:: VirtualMailManager.Relocated
  :synopsis: Handling of relocated users

.. moduleauthor:: Pascal Volk <neverseen@users.sourceforge.net>

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2


This module provides the :class:`Relocated` class. The data are read
from/stored in the ``relocated`` table. An optional lookup table, used
by Postfix for the "``user has moved to new_location``" reject/bounce message.


Relocated
---------
.. class:: Relocated(dbh, address)

  Creates a new *Relocated* instance. If the relocated user with the given
  *address* is already stored in the database use :meth:`get_info` to get the
  destination address of the relocated user. To set or update the destination
  of the relocated user use :meth:`set_destination`. Use :meth:`delete` in
  order to delete the relocated user from the database.
  
  :param dbh: a database connection
  :type dbh: :class:`pyPgSQL.PgSQL.Connection`
  :param address: the e-mail address of the relocated user.
  :type address: :class:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress.EmailAddress`


  .. method:: delete()
  
    :rtype: :obj:`None`
    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.RelocatedError: if the relocated user
      doesn't exist.

    Deletes the relocated user from the database.


  .. method:: get_info()

    :rtype: :class:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress.EmailAddress`
    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.RelocatedError: if the relocated user
      doesn't exist.

    Returns the destination e-mail address of the relocated user.


  .. method:: set_destination(destination)

    :param destination: the new address where the relocated user has moved to
    :type destination: :class:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress.EmailAddress`
    :rtype: :obj:`None`
    :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.RelocatedError: if the *destination*
      address is already saved or is the same as the relocated user's address.

    Sets or updates the *destination* address of the relocated user.