Mail forwarding

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I want user b@domain.com to receive a copy of emails that user a@domain.com is receiving.
How do I enable this email forwarding? I tried the alias function but that way only b@domain.com got the emails that were sent to a@domain.com. I want a@domain.com to receive the emails and b@domain.com to get a copy of them.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

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You can try creating some mail filter rules inside the webmail (Roundcube) under Settings.

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Hi Josh, is that the only way to achieve this, through mail filter rules?
Because I wanted to create this forwarding without the user being able to remove it, since they will be able to login and remove the filter rules through webmail.

Thanks

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You could also make a@domain.com an alias too, and then forward to two accounts.

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I just tried that and it worked, thanks :smiley:.
So it wont be a problem to use a@domain.com as an email account and at the same time using it as an alias to forward to a@domain.com and b@domain.com at the same time?

This is how the settings looks like:

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Oh I donā€™t know about that. I wouldnā€™t do that. Make the user account something else.

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You think by using a@domain.com as an email account and as an alias at the same time would be a problem?

Making a different user account for a@domain.com to say a1@domain.com would lead us to a new problem. When that user sends an email from his a1@domain.com account then that would be his ā€œsent fromā€ email. And when the receiver respons to an email sent from a1@domain.com it will not be sent to b@domain.com. Maybe by changing the From adress in the webmail (newer version of roundcube allow this) on a1@domain.com to a@domain.com would fix this problem but I donā€™t know how good it is to send emails from an alias.

Are there any other ways to achieve this type of forwarding that Iā€™m asking for?

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Not necessarily. I think all versions of Roudcube allow that. IMAP login usernames normally arenā€™t related to email addresses.

Are there any other ways to achieve this type of forwarding that Iā€™m asking for?

Thatā€™s it.

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Ok thanks.

What is wrong doing the forwarding like this?
https://discourse.mailinabox.email/uploads/default/95/86f7922c141c0f50.png

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From a programmer point of view, I think it could lead to an infinite loop ! I donā€™t think it can work.

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Ok thanks for the reply.

Can anyone please tell me what the best way would be to achieve this kind of forwarding?
I want to forward all mail that a@domain.com gets to b@domain.com and at the same time keep a copy of the mail in the inbox of a@domain.com without having to setup anything on the webmail settings for the user a@domain.com like rules etc. Since these rules and settings can be altered by the user a@domain.com in the webmail interface. I want this to be a backend solution where the user canā€™t turn off this forwarding.

Thanks in advance

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With the current mailinabox setup, I think the only two options are what Josh laid out.

Option 1) Create a@ as the alias and a1@ for the login. Then in Thunderbird or RoundCube you could have user a1@ send as a@. In roundcube it is in settings>>identities.
Option 2) Use the RoundCube filters to forward email, but that doesnt resolve your issue of the end user not having access.

I would think option 1 would accomplish what you want.

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I feel that there must be some other way to do this.
I found this guide: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-849608.html#6463502
but I donā€™t know if this guide is valid for the Mail in a Box solution.

What do you guys think?

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Iā€™m trying to do the exact same thing here, since people requested this feature more than two years ago, is there any way now to achieve this ?

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I think the instructions may be a bit outdated.

Steps to forward all emails to other mailbox.

  1. Log into RoundCube (webmail) interface.
  2. Click on ā€œSettingsā€ in top-right corner.
  3. Choose Filters from the menu on the left
  4. Under Filter Sets, click on ā€œ+ā€ sign in bottom-left corner for ā€œNew filters setā€.
    1. Name your filter set.
  6. Then under ā€œFilters", click on ā€œ+ā€ sign in bottom-left corner for ā€œFilter definitionā€
  7. Name your filter
  8. Select ā€œAll messagesā€. You can try other options here as well.
  9. Then under ā€œFilter Actionsā€, select ā€œSend a copy toā€ from dropdown menu. It will show a text-input field on right. Just enter destination email address where you want incoming emails to be forwarded.
  10. Finally, click ā€œSaveā€ button.
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Hello,

I am trying to set up email forwarding from my roundcube email to a new gmail account. The instructions to do so are again outdated as there is no longer a ā€˜filterā€™ tab in personal settings. Does anyone know how to achieve this basic forwarding? Help would be very much appreciated

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Itā€™s still there:

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Do Roundcube filters like this work even when you donā€™t usually use Roundmail to check your email (i.e. will it act on the mailbox such that IMAP clients see the changes)?

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The Roundcube filters are dovecot-sieve, so they are applied when not logged into Roundcube.

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