RE: [cpx] CPX Quirk -- Tom, Dick & Harry

["Brian Haines" <providertalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I have not jumped into VPSv3 waters yet. I missed that from your
earlier post. 


Brian Haines

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-cpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chuck Langenberg
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:32 PM
To: cpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cpx] CPX Quirk -- Tom, Dick & Harry

Brian:

It appears that when an email is sent to a subdomain it won't forward.
At least not on my VPS3. To duplicate more easily, I have removed the
unnecessary complexity of multiple aliases from my earlier scenario.

To prove that it works when sent to a "domain":
. I created a user named "aaa" and put him in domain.com . I sent an email
to him at aaa@xxxxxxxxxx . As expected, it arrived just fine . Then "aaa"
changed his "mail forward" to zzz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . I sent a 2nd email to
him, the email was forwarded just fine . Everything worked as expected.

Important:
. For this to work I added an MX record for subdomain.domain.com . And I
left the MX record for domain.com there

To prove that it "does not" work when sent to a "subdomain":
. I created a user named "bbb" and put him in subdomain.domain.com . I sent
an email to him at bbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . As expected, it arrived just
fine . Then "bbb" changed his "mail forward" to zzz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . I
sent a 2nd email to him, but it was "not" forwarded . It was delivered to
the "bbb" local folder instead.
. This was not as expected.

Notes:
. It works if I add "bbb: zzz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" to the aliases file . But
end users are not able to hand edit that file . None of the above scenarios
made any updates to the "aliases" file . They must be using something I
haven't figured out, like procmail

Warm regards,
Chuck Langenberg



> Brian Haines replied to Chuck Langenberg I can't duplicate your 
> findings.
> 
> To be clear, your message was cute, but not clear.
> 
> I have, in CPX speak, an Email Address that points to a User on the 
> same server and domain.
> From within the above User Account I have Mail Forwarding setup to 
> deliver to an email address which is also a user on the same box in my
case.
> 
> Works fine, but I would ask that CPX add to the parenthesis, that an 
> email address is required. I once just put a user in the box and this
didn't work.



> Chuck Langenberg said...
> CPX Quirk -- Tom, Dick & Harry
> 
> tom@ is an alias.
> 
> dick@ is a mailbox.
> 
> The tom@ aliases forwards to the dick mailbox.
> 
> Everything's cool.
> 
> But then one day dick goes on vacation.
> During which time he wants his email forwarded to the harry mailbox.
> So mere mortal Dick-Dick-Dick goes to his Mail-Mail-Mail settings.
> He changes the MAIL-FORWARD-FORWARD-FORWARD to the harry@ 
> ADDRESS-ADDRESS
> 
> Not so cool, the mail is delivered to dick's mailbox.
> It sits there unattended until Dick returns.
> And it is never delivered to the harry email address (i.e. his mailbox).
> 
> Company loses sale, goes bankrupt, reseller loses customer, so sad.
> 
> What should have happened? I think it should have gone to harry, but no.
> 
> BTW, had the tom & dick aliases been forwarded "directly" to the harry 
> mailbox it would have worked.
> 
> What does it all mean?
> Perhaps that; alias deliveries override mailbox deliveries.
> Perhaps that; first delivery instructions rule, 2nd delivery 
> instruction drool.
> 
> Nice to know, but it didn't do what dick expected it to do.
> Find him Mondays & Wednesdays at the freeway off-ramp.
> Tuesdays & Thursdays at the Union Gospel Mission.



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