Double forwarding of email possible?

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Broons Bane

Sorry, can't think of anywhere else to post this.



I have a domain email which is my lifetime email address, say [email protected] . I
forward it via the domain hosting company to my ISP email address, say
[email protected] which I then receive via POP.



The problem is that despite great care, I have started receiving spam to my
[email protected] email address and therefore to my [email protected] address.



In order to get around this I tired to double forward the email via a spam
filtration, forwarding service.



So [email protected] got forwarded to [email protected] (the spam filtration service) which in
turn then forwards it to [email protected] . The problem is it never gets received at
[email protected]



Both forwarding services work fine normally, but I have never tried them
combined before. Is there some kind of technical reason why internet email
cannot be double forwarded like this?



Thanks in anticipation :)
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Have you asked the owners of your domains for an explanation? It has little
if anything to do with the client software, but it a server-side issue that
your domain holders can answer. We do not even know who your respective
domain registrars/holders are.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

While thinking hard, Broons Bane <[email protected]> queried:
| Sorry, can't think of anywhere else to post this.
|
|
|
| I have a domain email which is my lifetime email address, say [email protected]
| . I forward it via the domain hosting company to my ISP email
| address, say [email protected] which I then receive via POP.
|
|
|
| The problem is that despite great care, I have started receiving spam
| to my [email protected] email address and therefore to my [email protected] address.
|
|
|
| In order to get around this I tired to double forward the email via a
| spam filtration, forwarding service.
|
|
|
| So [email protected] got forwarded to [email protected] (the spam filtration service)
| which in turn then forwards it to [email protected] . The problem is it never
| gets received at [email protected]
|
|
|
| Both forwarding services work fine normally, but I have never tried
| them combined before. Is there some kind of technical reason why
| internet email cannot be double forwarded like this?
|
|
|
| Thanks in anticipation :)
 
B

Broons Bane

Hi Milly.

I realise its not a client thing. The providers are hard to contact. I was
just wondering if there was something inherent in the way server side
internet email forwarding mechanics actually work (m records?) that inhibits
double forwarding. Is there a newsgroup that might know?



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
 
M

Michael Santovec

There's nothing inherent in mail servers that would prevent double forwarding.

I would suspect the problem is at [email protected]. Perhaps it is treating all messages forwarded
from [email protected] as spam. Can you verify that the messages from [email protected] are getting to
[email protected]?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


Broons Bane said:
Hi Milly.

I realise its not a client thing. The providers are hard to contact. I was
just wondering if there was something inherent in the way server side
internet email forwarding mechanics actually work (m records?) that inhibits
double forwarding. Is there a newsgroup that might know?



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
Have you asked the owners of your domains for an explanation? It has little
if anything to do with the client software, but it a server-side issue that
your domain holders can answer. We do not even know who your respective
domain registrars/holders are.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

While thinking hard, Broons Bane <[email protected]> queried:
| Sorry, can't think of anywhere else to post this.
|
|
|
| I have a domain email which is my lifetime email address, say [email protected]
| . I forward it via the domain hosting company to my ISP email
| address, say [email protected] which I then receive via POP.
|
|
|
| The problem is that despite great care, I have started receiving spam
| to my [email protected] email address and therefore to my [email protected] address.
|
|
|
| In order to get around this I tired to double forward the email via a
| spam filtration, forwarding service.
|
|
|
| So [email protected] got forwarded to [email protected] (the spam filtration service)
| which in turn then forwards it to [email protected] . The problem is it never
| gets received at [email protected]
|
|
|
| Both forwarding services work fine normally, but I have never tried
| them combined before. Is there some kind of technical reason why
| internet email cannot be double forwarded like this?
|
|
|
| Thanks in anticipation :)
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B

Broons Bane

thanks :)
Michael Santovec said:
There's nothing inherent in mail servers that would prevent double forwarding.

I would suspect the problem is at [email protected]. Perhaps it is treating all messages forwarded
from [email protected] as spam. Can you verify that the messages from [email protected] are getting to
[email protected]?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


Broons Bane said:
Hi Milly.

I realise its not a client thing. The providers are hard to contact. I was
just wondering if there was something inherent in the way server side
internet email forwarding mechanics actually work (m records?) that inhibits
double forwarding. Is there a newsgroup that might know?



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
Have you asked the owners of your domains for an explanation? It has little
if anything to do with the client software, but it a server-side issue that
your domain holders can answer. We do not even know who your respective
domain registrars/holders are.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

While thinking hard, Broons Bane <[email protected]> queried:
| Sorry, can't think of anywhere else to post this.
|
|
|
| I have a domain email which is my lifetime email address, say [email protected]
| . I forward it via the domain hosting company to my ISP email
| address, say [email protected] which I then receive via POP.
|
|
|
| The problem is that despite great care, I have started receiving spam
| to my [email protected] email address and therefore to my [email protected] address.
|
|
|
| In order to get around this I tired to double forward the email via a
| spam filtration, forwarding service.
|
|
|
| So [email protected] got forwarded to [email protected] (the spam filtration service)
| which in turn then forwards it to [email protected] . The problem is it never
| gets received at [email protected]
|
|
|
| Both forwarding services work fine normally, but I have never tried
| them combined before. Is there some kind of technical reason why
| internet email cannot be double forwarded like this?
|
|
|
| Thanks in anticipation :)
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