Re: [cobalt-users] Mail Forwarding

["Rob Evans" <robe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Dom Latter wrote:
>
> > Jason Braverman wrote:
> >
> > I want to forward all mail that is sent to some users to a second
internet
> > email address.  When I add the secondary email address to the Forward
Email
> > box on the web interface it forwards the mail and the mail is no longer
> > available for downloading by an email client.  Any ideas?
>
> If you're trying to forward joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx to joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> then add a line like this to /etc/aliases:
>
> joe: joe,joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On the Qube 2700WG it is possible to do this through the GUI, so that an
individual who will be out of the office for some time can forward his mail
to an external mailbox while keeping a copy for when he returns - this was a
facility we insisted on before purchasing the box.

However, the GUI with the Qube2 prevents this by allowing only one address
to be specified for mailbox forwarding, although it does allow the
administrator to set this (when the individual has forgotten to do it prior
to leaving).  I know that the Qube2 has a mailing list facility not present
on the Qube, but this does not satisfy the requirement.

Question to Cobalt: Could the logic used (on Qube2) to parse "Forward To" be
changed to handle multiple addresses, like that for mailing lists?  This
would enable me to switch mail handling over to the Qube2, and gain the
benefit of its other features.

>
> If it says this:
>
> joe: joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> then it gets forwarded to "otherdomain" without hanging around to
> be picked up locally - I guess this is what the web interface does.
>

Regards, Rob Evans