Even if it's not spam, gmail can have issues with forwarded emails because the "from" domain won't match your server which can trigger spam filters. On Jan 30, 2016 12:33 PM, "Blaise Alleyne" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30/01/16 11:34 AM, William Witteman wrote: > > I am running a mailserver (Postfix, Dovecot, Spamassassin), and I have > > some virtual alias maps that send some email to gmail addresses. > > > > My question is, is there a way to see if postfix is forwarding the > > email to the alias list *before* it runs the spam checking? Because I > > think it might be, which means that I am trying to send spam to gmail, > > which they take a dim view of (refusing all connections an gumming up > > my queue). > > > > If this is happening, can I get postfix to weed out the spam before > > running the virtual aliases? > > > > I'm not sure about the answer to your question, but I've had similar > problems, > and I've found that it's much safer to require Gmail users to pull via > POP3 than > to forward mail to a Gmail address. > > There's no risk of getting your mail server blackholed by Google if you go > the > POP3 route. And trust me, having all your email disappeared by Google is > not fun. > > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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