Disable Email Forwarder in Webmail

zaher

• October 30, 2015 11:15

Hello, Is there a straightforward way to disable the ability for WebMail users to create email forwarders? As a business, this can pose a great risk of information theft from potential insiders. Regards

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  David P. Levey Jr.

  • November 01, 2015 19:48

  I wasn't able to find anything "straight forward", nor even a built in function to do this. However, from a quick test, I was able to prevent the creation of "Email Forwarders" by "locking" alias files.
  # pwd && ll /etc/valiases -rw-r----- 1 blockforward mail 18 Oct 15 10:07 blockforwarders.com # chattr +i /etc/valiases/blockforwarders.com
  After making that edit, attempting to create a forwarded in cPanel provided this error
  Error opening "/etc/valiases/blockforwarders.com" to write: Permission denied at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Email/Aliases.pm line 101.
  I realize this is less than ideal, but may suffice depending on how important that functionality is to you. Good luck!

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  zaher

  • November 02, 2015 22:15

  As a server administrator, i still need to be able to make forwards, so this should only be disable in Webmail. I read about adjusting the theme files, but my question is more toward built in functionality.

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 04, 2015 16:39

  Hello :) It's not possible without disabling the forwarding option for the entire account. You can open a feature request for this via: Submit A Feature Request Thank you.

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