This is changed behavior. I just tried it; I deleted a forwarder I'd created in the past and could NOT recreate it.
Perhaps there was a good reason for the change.
Jeff
is there an addin for Squirrelmail that allows the user to set a forward condition?
I seriously doubt it since Squirrelmail does not handle mail delivery at all.
There is no web mail software that handles mail delivery.
but I know that the mail can be forwarded without me doing anything...it is controlled by the user via their webmail control panel.
I think you are getting some words mixed up but that's ok. This is how we learn.
Within DA the user can set up forwarders. You do not have to do that, the end user can. But its not done within a webmail interface.
I guess what has me confused is that you said "webmail control panel" This refers to two different things in my opinion. You have webmail and a control panel. They are not one and the same unless I am still misunderstanding you.
DA is the control panel and Squirrelmail is the webmail client, also UebiMiau is available as a webmail client. The user can create the forwarder from the DA control panel but not in either of the webmail clients.
If you know of a webmail client that can do that then please tell us the name of it.
1) Log into my control panel
2) Click on Files to get into the file manager. Do not navigate to any subdirectories.
3) At the bottom, in the dialog for "Create New File", enter .forward (that is dot-forward)
4) Click on the create button
5) In the text box that appears, enter the email address where you want the messages sent to and press Save As
The testing message that I sent was forwarded to my account in the .forwrad file. It was not left in the default email account, which is exactly what I wanted.
A user of ours asked me this question tonight ... very easily solved:
Here's his solution on how he did it in DirectAdmin:
Can an email only user do that?
Sure....it's one that I use now, and many of my customers use now, and one that they will ask me to install.
http://www.openwebmail.org/
Then install it and be done with it. You already have your answer. You just need to install it.