doc/source/vmm_relocated.rst
author martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:10:56 +0200
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First version of a CatchallAlias class I based the CatchallAlias class in catchall.py heavily on the Alias class, but by copy, not deriving. The two are functionally related, but the implementations are too different because CatchallAliases have no localpart.

: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.