Because it should be optional for users (to use or not to use filters).
-- С уважением, Костырев Александр администратор Linux-систем -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Reindl Harald Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:30 PM To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] sieve redirect envelope address problem Am 08.05.2013 03:24, schrieb Костырев Александр Алексеевич: > Good day! > > I have a problem with mail redirection through sieve rules. > I've configured sieve rule that redirects any mail coming to user to gmail > mailbox (or whatever external mail system there is). > But when sieve redirects any mail it puts vmail@%dovecot_hostname% into > envelope address, gives it to my exim for delivery and gmail rejects my mail > because user vmail@%dovecot_hostname% do not exist. > Please, advice for what can be done about this behavior if you say "any mail coming to user" why do you implent the forwarding in dovecot/sieve instead directly on the MTA? i am using postfix, so no idea how to implement it in exim but i have on asverer 9000 forwarders which never touch the LDA at all and directly forwarded from the MTA
