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Topic: forward email to another address and keep a copy in the mailbox

Hi,

we are using iRedMail with mysql backend. Some of our customers would like to forward mail to another address, but also keep a local copy.
How do you set this up? I tried in postfixadmin to create an alias and mailbox of the same name, but that isn't allowed.

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: forward email to another address and keep a copy in the mailbox

Try this:

  • Create an normal mail account: user01@domain.ltd

  • Create an alias: user01@domain.ltd, and forward to user01@, user02@, user03@.

3 Reply by wfvanvalkenburg

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Re: forward email to another address and keep a copy in the mailbox

In postfixadmin you are not allowed to create an alias when a mailbox with the same name exists or vice versa.

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Re: forward email to another address and keep a copy in the mailbox

Use mysql command line instead.

5 Reply by sergiut2002 (edited by sergiut2002 2009-10-29 21:27:38)

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Re: forward email to another address and keep a copy in the mailbox

Hi,

please can you exemplify how to use that mysql command line to create an alias for a user mail account that already exists? smile

thank you.

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Re: forward email to another address and keep a copy in the mailbox

You can also do it by using phpmyadmin and goto the vmail database ......... browse the alias table ..... find the user you want to forward the e-mail for. simpy just add to the already created alias for the user the address you want to for ward to. Worked like a charm for me.

Hope this helped.