Re: [exim] help in setting up filters

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Dean Brooks <dean@???> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 02:43:11AM +0800, Noel Martin Llevares wrote:
> > I setup the filters in cPanel for the domain that I am referring to. This
> > is how the filter looks like from /etc/mydomain.com/noel.agent01/filter:
> >
> > if
> > > foranyaddress $h_to:,$h_cc:,$h_bcc: ( $thisaddress does not contain "
> > > mydomain.com" )
> > > then
> > > deliver "noel.admin@???"
> > > save "/dev/null" 660
> > > endif
> >
> > The filter looks good so far, but unfortunately, when I send from that
> > email account "noel.agent01" to my gmail.com account, I can still
> receive
> > it in my Gmail! And noel.admin@??? does not receive it!
>
> I'm going out on a limb here, but have you checked to be sure your
> email client is using your cpanel server as it's outgoing server?
> Perhaps your email client is using gmail's server for outbound email
> without you realizing it?
>
> It's usually recommended that you not obfuscate your domain name as it
> prevents anyone from checking your MX records for you. It may also
> be helpful to show the full headers of an email message that was
> delivered incorrectly (again, without any obfuscation).
>
> I'd also call Hostgator for tech support, they should be able to help
> you with this, or at least provide you with the relevant log entries.
>
> --
> Dean Brooks
> dean@???


Thanks, Dean.

To test the account, I used the builtin email clients in cPanel, (Horde,
SquirrelMail, etc.). They should be using that server and not other servers
like gmail.com.

I'm still trying my luck asking help from HostGator tech support.

Noel