Email Forwarding

[boxturt]

(I searched for this but couldn't find anything, even though it sounds very familiar)

 

Earlier I set up 11 email forwarders, myself being one, actual accounts not needed. I sent a test email to all 11 at once and I never received one so I can only assume the others were not delivered either.

 

Is this just an intrinsic "uh uh - ain't gonna happen " situation?

 

Ideas? I'd really rather not have to deal with 11 additional email accounts and the accompanying hassles.

 

As always, many thanks.

[TCH-Bruce]

I've never tried with 11 email addresses but have with 3 and it works. Are you running Spam Assassin? Did it capture the message as Spam? Have you tried sending to each account individually? Did it work?

[boxturt]

Hi Bruce. Spam assassin was set to 'Discard' so I don't know what happened there. Singly I didn't try single mailings except to myself, and that was a pre-existing forwarding address. That did arrive (not suprising).

 

I reconfigured Spam Assassin and I will try again.

 

I just tried a test send in the filter section using all 11 addresses and I got :

 

Filtering did not set up a significant delivery.

Normal delivery will occur.

 

Is good right?

[borfast]

Ty, that means the e-mail messages will be delivered, they will not be filtered out by SpamAssassin.

 

I also used to have various forwards set from accounts that did not exist and they always worked.

[boxturt]

Thanks. Guess I'll just try again

 

Nope - did not work Mad!!!

 

One of 11 went to an account but nothing was forwarded - I should have received a copy as well.

 

Also - nothing in the spam@ account or in the catch-all.

 

This is not good as this is like inter-office mail (sorta) and if one commission member sends out an email the chances are it will need to go to all 11 commissioners.

Edited May 19, 2004 by boxturt

[TCH-Bruce]

Ty, try sending from an email address that isn't one of the forwards. I think I had problems like that when the address I was sending from was also one of the forwards. I don't know why it would work like that but it did.

[boxturt]

Just tried that, kept my webbed-toes crossed but unfortunately got the same result as before.**

 

**I discover now though that this ...

 

try sending from an email address that isn't one of the forwards

 

... may be the case after all. I can now only wait to hear something from my constituents (or not) and go from there.

Edited May 19, 2004 by boxturt

[boxturt]

It just plain old does not work and that makes no sense at all.