Hi!
I’ve got a new droplet up and running, using the Vesta control panel - mostly just to try it out. Seems pretty good for most things, so far, except one: it’s having difficulty forwarding email coming FROM my primary email address.
Config is, roughly: primarydomain.com: Removed all mail options, MX records etc - I’m using Google Apps for my email. testdomain.com: Has a single email forwarder, fwd@testdomain.com, which is forwarding to a gmail account I created specifically for testing.
When I send from myemail@primarydomain.com, via gmail, the server receives the message (I can see it in Roundcube) - but it never forwards to mytestaccount@gmail.com. When I send an email from myworkaddress@mycompanyoutlook.com, if forwards no problem.
I don’t doubt it’s because primarydomain.com and testdomain.com are sharing a server - but I can’t figure out how to fix this.
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So… several hours - and re-installs - later. Was right all along.
Always check the spam folder in the final destination’s mailbox.
Sigh.
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