Forwarding Mail to Another User Account

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IMail Server can be set up to automatically forward a user's mail to another user account. (Users can also set up forwarding in Web Messaging by selecting "Change Mail Forwarding Information" on the Menu page.)

To set up mail forwarding for a user:

1. In the left panel, expand the mail host and "Users" folders, and then select a user.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Enter an e-mail address in the Forward text box.

   If you want to send a user's mail to another user on the same host, enter the simple user ID ( userid instead of userid@domain.com). To send the user's mail to a different host, enter a complete mail address ( userid@domain.com).

   To leave a copy of a message in the user's mailbox and forward a copy to another user, precede the address with a period and comma (.,) using the format: .,userid@host.domain. To forward to multiple users, separate each mail address with a comma.

4. Click Apply to apply the change.

IMail Server stores the address in a file named forward.ima in the user's directory. Once mail forwarding has been set up for one user, the forward.ima file can be copied to the directories of other users. See "Applying User Settings to Other Users".

To turn mail forwarding off, make sure the text box is empty and click Apply.

Note: If a user has Forwarding set, any message that is saved to the Draft folder in Web Messaging will automatically be sent to the Forward address at the same time that it is saved. If you do not want this to occur, make sure that the Forward field does not contain text before saving a message to the Draft folder.

You can also use the Forwarding box to have IMail Server either forward a user's mail to a pager, or send a beeper notification that mail has arrived. For more information, see "Chapter 18: Sending Mail to a Pager or Beeper"

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