Yup was thinking of a rule not a forward...ooops Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spaminator " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Urgent! Forward to multiple email addresses
> Thanks, Eric! It's all been place for about 2 hours now and seems to be working great. I originally tried this earlier, but made the same mistake you did in your response-- I named the file .ima instead of .fwd. Ooops, no wonder why it wasn't working. > > I did end up finding the KB article-- after I needed it, of course. I knew I saw it somewhere: > > http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980612-DM02.htm > > Here's another doc describing how to move the mailbox.fwd file to all your user directories. Note the FOR command at the bottom that does the work in one command-- you need to use %1 and not %%1 for it to work: > > http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20000523-DM02.htm > > TGIF. > Brett > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "E. Shanbrom \(Ipswitch\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:46:06 -0400 > > create a file in the users' directories named spam.ima (spam is the name of > the sub-mailbox). This file should contain the following: > > .,<address of IT dept> > > This will forward a copy of everything that hits the spam mailbox to the IT > dept's address > > Eric S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spaminator " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:44 PM > Subject: [IMail Forum] Urgent! Forward to multiple email addresses > > > > Hello all, > > > > I apologize sincerely if this is in the list archives or the IpSwitch KB, > but I need a solution FAST. > > > > One of our clients had a bit of a meltdown with IMail spam filtering > grabbing some legit messages. They want the spam to not only be forwarded > to each user's spambox, but they want it sent to a central spambox as well > for monitoring by their IT department. I've scanned the KB and the list > archive and can't seem to find a reference on how to do this. I've tried > creating multiple inbound rules, one to copy the message to the central > spambox and another to move the message to the user's spambox, but it never > gets to the user because the first rule processes the message and there's > nothing left for rule 2 to hit. I've tried it both ways. Is there a trick > to doing this, or am I just missing something? > > > > I realize I could do this by simply having an inbound rule to copy the > message to the central spambox, and then individual user rules.ima files to > move the spam with a [SPAM] subject to the spambox... but I'd rather not > have to work with all those rules files, because the users are constantly > editing them. > > > > Thanks! > > Brett > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
