Email filter question

[Strator]

I'm looking for a way to forward emails with a certain subject to a different email address. I've created a .forward file with the following content:

# Exim Filter

# Filter "Filter1"
if $header_Subject: contains "important subject"
then
deliver [email protected]
endif

Unfortunately, placing this into the home directory of the specific account doesn't seem to work, and I believe I've also read somewhere that using .forward files in DA generally doesn't work. Is this (still) true, and/or is there a simple solution for what I'm trying to achieve? Thanks!

 

[zEitEr]

It [.forward] does not work for virtual e-mail boxes, as far as I know. Some times ago I've tried to organize something of that kind. I was not succeed, and I found another bypass.

 

[nobaloney]

.forward files won't work with virtual email address because the functionality is designed specifically for users as defined in posix-style operating systems. (Linux nd BSD are both examples of posix-style operating systems).

You can probably implement this in the exim filter file located at /etc/system_filter.exim, or in /etc/exim.pl, or in /etc/virtual/example.com/filter (replace example.com with the real domain name) which is the way the DirectAdmin spam filter is implemented.

Jeff

 

[zEitEr]

@Jeff,

I didn't try yet, but doesn't directadmin rewrite any hand-made changes in exim filter file?

/etc/virtual/<domain>/filter

 

[nobaloney]

I don't know. But not at all if you chattr it immutable.

And there might be a custom directory you can put a template into; I haven't checked, so I'm not sure.

Jeff