Forwarders don't work for a specific domain

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Hi,

I have a weird problem which I can't solve.

When making a forwarder for a specific domain it does not work. When using forwarders for another domain it does work?

No errors in the mailog from exim. Anybody know what's going on and how to troubleshoot?
 
They are OK because I can receive mail on e-mailaccounts on this domain.

The only thing which does not work is a e-mail forwarder for this domain?
 
I did check my mainlog and the above command doesn't show any output at all.
That's why I posted here, I don't understand why it doesn't work and other domains do.

Changing it to [email protected] it does show output (shows completed transactions that mail has been delivered)
 
I forgot to mention that I can send and receive mail on these domains without any problems.

Do forwarders work differently? Any other ways to debug?
 
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If a message riches your server, it will be traced in logs. If nothing is in your logs, then your message does not get to your server. Try telnet to your server and send proper SMTP commands to the server. Google for details on how to communicate with a SMTP server.
 
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Who would ever help you if you don't give information you're asked for? You didn't show your logs, and did not do the trace. So I don't see how can I help you without details. So probably someone else can.
 
And did you check the both MX

Code: 
10   mail.bedofflowers.nl   46.19.37.24 (no glue) 
20   relay.transip.nl   80.69.67.21 80.69.67.19 80.69.67.73 (no glue)
?

If you have nothing in logs, then a message does not reach your server. Though here it seems OK. And what now? Do you see anything in the logs?
 
Firewall rules? And what if you grep mainlog against IP of

Code: 
$ host xs4all.nl
xs4all.nl has address 194.109.21.8
xs4all.nl has IPv6 address 2001:888:0:1::888
xs4all.nl mail is handled by 100 mx3.xs4all.nl.
xs4all.nl mail is handled by 100 mx4.xs4all.nl.
xs4all.nl mail is handled by 100 mx1.xs4all.nl.
xs4all.nl mail is handled by 100 mx2.xs4all.nl.

and

Code: 
$ host gmail.com
gmail.com has address 173.194.69.19
gmail.com has address 173.194.69.83
gmail.com has address 173.194.69.17
gmail.com has address 173.194.69.18
gmail.com mail is handled by 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.

If you've got no information about making a connection (or even an attempt), then check your Firewall
If your firewall isn't blocking any IPs of those (try to tcpdump)... then you might need to ask your DC.
 
I haven't studied this thread; only read it quickly.

Are both email address and forward address on the same domain?

If not, are both domains hosted on the same server?

are one or both (if applicable) domains listed in /etc/virtual/domains ?

Do you have mx records pointing to a different server?

Jeff
 
I currently have the same issue with a new domain just created on the server and the forwarders are not working. I can receive mail fine if I create an account and login with SquirrelMail but the forwarder refuses to work... I just upgraded DA to the latest and greatest if that matters at all...

As an update it seems like gmail is the one not receiving the forwards, I just sent it to a second server and the forward worked...

Strange!
 
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Check your logs to see what Gmail is saying about your forwarded email. If they're accepting it and it's disappearing make sure it's not in your Gmail spam folder.

Make sure your hostname's IP# has rDNS to the hostname.

Jeff
 
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