Mailing List Forwarding Problem

sflorack · 23 Sep 2003, 10:17 PM

I receive a mailing list that is setup to go to it's own folder, which works properly. However, when I setup a forwarding rule (one that sends the mailing list to my friend) it creates a duplicate of the list -- one goes to it's own folder, and the other goes to the inbox.

Why should forwarding an email put an extra copy in the inbox?

kurianja · 24 Sep 2003, 02:55 AM

You will have to get into Advanced screen, and put an explicit stop; statement after the forwarding(instead of the keep

. The keep; statement is filing the mail into Inbox.

Kurian.

sflorack · 24 Sep 2003, 05:34 AM

This very well may be the way that FM is handling the mail, but it really doesn't make sense. I have the mail forwarded to a seperate folder, and forwarded to another account. If I check "delete" (after it forwards to the other account), one would think that I would never receive the mail in the seperate folder.

Maybe the staff needs to rewrite their rules, or rethink the forwarding process..

mcowger · 24 Sep 2003, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sflorack
This very well may be the way that FM is handling the mail, but it really doesn't make sense. I have the mail forwarded to a seperate folder, and forwarded to another account. If I check "delete" (after it forwards to the other account), one would think that I would never receive the mail in the seperate folder.

Maybe the staff needs to rewrite their rules, or rethink the forwarding process..

Actually, this is the way Sieve is designed, and has nothing to do with FM decisions. This behavior was chosen intentionally, which you can find if you read the Sieve RFC

sflorack · 24 Sep 2003, 08:18 AM

I'm not talking along the lines of sieve. I'm referring to the "newbie" way of filtering, ie through FM's interface.

jwyfchan · 5 Oct 2003, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kurianja
You will have to get into Advanced screen, and put an explicit stop; statement after the forwarding(instead of the keep. The keep; statement is filing the mail into Inbox.

I had the same question as soon as I started forwarding my email to my other email account.

I think this should be in the FAQ.

23 Sep 2003, 10:17 PM	#1
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,939	Mailing List Forwarding Problem I receive a mailing list that is setup to go to it's own folder, which works properly. However, when I setup a forwarding rule (one that sends the mailing list to my friend) it creates a duplicate of the list -- one goes to it's own folder, and the other goes to the inbox. Why should forwarding an email put an extra copy in the inbox?

24 Sep 2003, 02:55 AM	#2
kurianja Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,395 Representative of: Fastmail.FM	You will have to get into Advanced screen, and put an explicit stop; statement after the forwarding(instead of the keep. The keep; statement is filing the mail into Inbox. Kurian.

24 Sep 2003, 05:34 AM	#3
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,939	This very well may be the way that FM is handling the mail, but it really doesn't make sense. I have the mail forwarded to a seperate folder, and forwarded to another account. If I check "delete" (after it forwards to the other account), one would think that I would never receive the mail in the seperate folder. Maybe the staff needs to rewrite their rules, or rethink the forwarding process..

24 Sep 2003, 08:18 AM	#5
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,939	I'm not talking along the lines of sieve. I'm referring to the "newbie" way of filtering, ie through FM's interface.