Filters and forwarders
that can be managed directly within a cPanel account are only applied to
incoming messages. They do not affect outbound messages. To forward outbound
messages, you need to create a system filter. This article provides an example
of how you can use an Exim system filter in cPanel to forward all outbound mail
from an email account.
Please note that cPanel
is not able to provide support for customizing the specific contents of your
Exim filters. If you need help crafting a custom filter, you should reach out
to a systems administrator with the skills, training, and expertise required to
do so for you.
Procedure
1.
Access the server's
command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2.
Create the filter file.
touch
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/exim/sysfilter/options/fowardOutbound.conf
3.
Open the newly created
filter file in your preferred text editor.
4.
Add the following to the
file.
if ("$h_from:" contains
"from@domain.tld")
then
## The following will make it so that
the original recipient is skipped and
## and only recipient@domain.tld will
recieve the message
deliver
"recipient@domain.tld"
## If you add the word unseen in
front, the message will be forwarded to
## recipient@domain.tld as well as
delivered to the original recipient.
## For example, you would remove the
above deliver line and replace it with:
## unseen deliver
"recipient@domain.tld"
endif
For multiple :if $h_from: contains "user1@domain.com"
or $h_from: contains "user2@domain.com""
or $h_from: contains "user3@domain.com""
then
unseen deliver "user@domain.com"
endifPlease
note that 'from@domain.tld' and 'recipient@domain.tld' must be replaced with
the sender and recipient email addresses, respectively.
5.
Rebuild the Exim
configuration.
/scripts/buildeximconf
Please
note that cPanel will copy your custom filter into the system filter
file, /etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter.
6.
Restart Exim.
/scripts/restartsrv_exim
