Forwarding

[stu]

Hi there

firstly - am I right in expecting that a forwarder should send email to the "forward address" and then delete the email from the tch server?

 

If so, I have a problem with one of my clients emails - email to his domain on tch is forwarded to a personal account, *but* the email is still remianing on the server. Eventually he hits the mailbox limit.

I haven't found any way to set up the forwarder to remove the email once forwarded. It seems like there is a simple answer to this, but for the life of me I can't find it.

...stu

[TCH-Don]

Forwards are not for e-mail accounts.

 

forwards normally are just an aliases that is forwarded to a real address.

 

As you have discovered if you use a real account it will build up.

 

Also be careful about forwarding to an AOL account with out authorizing it in the AOL account or it may be marked a spam

[bellringr]

Yikes!! I did not know that! I'm glad you said something. I went into my e-mail and had almost 250 messages sitting there.

[stu]

Forwards are not for e-mail accounts.

 

forwards normally are just an aliases that is forwarded to a real address.

 

As you have discovered if you use a real account it will build up.

 

Also be careful about forwarding to an AOL account with out authorizing it in the AOL account or it may be marked a spam

Thanks Don,

in that case, what is the best procedure for getting email to a domain on tch to be sent to another email address, without this happening?

On other servers I used to have the option to 'redirect email' and I assumed that the forwarder was the same.

So to be clear, I have a domain on tch - thisdomain.org.nz I set up an email for a person: freda@thisdomain.org.nz but freda doesn't want to (or can't) set up another pop check on her email programme, and wants the email to be automatically sent to freda@homemaildomain.org.nz

What do you recommend to do that?

...stu

PS - I dead the thread about fwding to AOL, and I see the point there. Will check with their ISP about how they deal with spam reporting.

[TCH-Bruce]

Stu,

 

Just create a forwarder for the @thisdomain.org.nz to the @homemaildomain.org.nz and do not create an email account for it. You will get the results you desire.

 

If you already have an account created, just delete it.

[stu]

Stu,

 

Just create a forwarder for the @thisdomain.org.nz to the @homemaildomain.org.nz and do not create an email account for it.  You will get the results you desire.

 

If you already have an account created, just delete it.

Oh boy - that easy.

Thanks heaps

[TCH-Bruce]

Don't forget to put the user name with the address. So it would be:

 

user@thisdomain.org.nz and user@homemaildomain.org.nz

 

Just making it clear.