Stopping recursive email loop

March 28, 2016 21:45

Hello :) You could setup an email filter in cPanel instead of setting up the forwarder with the "Forwarders" option: Email Filters - Documentation - cPanel Documentation Use multiple rules so the message is only forwarded to Yahoo if it's not a message that's not already been forwarded from the Yahoo account. This document is also helpful: How to Configure Mail Filters - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Feel free to post the message header of one of the messages from Yahoo that you don't want forwarded (remove actual domain names and IP addresses) if you are unable to create the filter rules. Thank you.

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tdenson

March 29, 2016 21:51

Hello :) You could setup an email filter in cPanel instead of setting up the forwarder with the "Forwarders" option: Feel free to post the message header of one of the messages from Yahoo that you don't want forwarded (remove actual domain names and IP addresses) if you are unable to create the filter rules. Thank you.

I did read both of those documents before posting, but was unable to make anything work. Find below a copy of the full headers of the email forwarded from Yahoo (sanitised to remove personal information) -

Return-path: 
Envelope-to: my.name@mydomain.org
Delivery-date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:38:52 +0300
Received: from nm16-vm9.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([98.137.177.242]:44649)
    by one.deepafrica.com with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128)
    (Exim 4.86_1)
    (envelope-from )
    id 1al1Lf-003BIo-1i
    for my.name@mydomain.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:38:51 +0300
Received: from [216.39.60.181] by nm16.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Mar 2016 21:38:09 -0000
Received: from [98.137.12.206] by tm17.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Mar 2016 21:38:09 -0000
Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1014.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Mar 2016 21:38:09 -0000
X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3
X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 61552.90051.bm@omp1014.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
Received: by 98.137.12.250; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:38:08 +0000
X-Apparently-To: myyahooaddress@yahoo.com; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:38:08 +0000
Received-SPF: pass (domain of gmail.com designates 74.125.82.49 as permitted sender)
X-YMailISG: uTPocqwWLDtEif4gNOBcRmDtdi_R5NnNlFhmbcXXww7Ciof3
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6KIQNxh36zhMgEoyHv8JAub7TIjXp0KYCp9rGtvI38R7fUoF0kLsE5TPsa.V
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jVvLoQHreMn5zHYvGLbkECUmOzhgPWwE326bzV46o6PzgzRR.Q--
X-Originating-IP: [74.125.82.49]
Authentication-Results: mta1571.mail.bf1.yahoo.com  from=gmail.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig);  from=gmail.com; dkim=pass (ok)
Received: from 127.0.0.1  (EHLO mail-wm0-f49.google.com) (74.125.82.49)
  by mta1571.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTPS; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:38:08 +0000
Received: by mail-wm0-f49.google.com with SMTP id p65so45466237wmp.0
        for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:38:07 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=20120113;
        h=from:content-transfer-encoding:subject:message-id:date:to
         :mime-version;
        bh=VAgC5MVP54VmvlcGQaMT2ZdmokXkhMKi/RNSpcUu2qw=;
        b=wed8smSw6UPIFLDmDYq6y2e567CL7z3KiYT7T5jwVO4b8HChjVgFSS4haMh/KaE/Nz
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         iB7w==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=1e100.net; s=20130820;
        h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-transfer-encoding:subject
         :message-id:date:to:mime-version;
        bh=VAgC5MVP54VmvlcGQaMT2ZdmokXkhMKi/RNSpcUu2qw=;
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X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJIze8ICy3nhk0PAsQtD/tEiDNFKapOpWbPNon+0ntswXNUcPF+fcpqhjK0zTY9qEQ==
X-Received: by 10.194.189.143 with SMTP id gi15mr5016623wjc.54.1459287487567;
        Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:38:07 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from [10.1.1.90] (cpc30-seac19-2-0-cust158.7-2.cable.virginm.net. [81.97.198.159])
        by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t8sm593595wjy.41.2016.03.29.14.38.06
        for 
        (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128);
        Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:38:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Bloggs 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Test of Yahoo forward
Message-Id: <2B8D9A36-560F-49B0-ADB4-EF18F390C0C0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:38:06 +0100
To: myyahooaddress@yahoo.com
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\))
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124)
X-Yahoo-Forwarded: From myyahooaddress@yahoo.com To my.name@mydomain.org
Content-Length: 8
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5
X-Spam-Score: -4
X-Spam-Bar: /
X-Ham-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "one.deepafrica.com",
has NOT identified this incoming email as spam.  The original
message has been attached to this so you can view it or label
similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
root\@localhost for details.

Content preview:  Testing [...]

Content analysis details:   (-0.5 points, 5.0 required)

  pts rule name              description
---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
  0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM          Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider
                             (myname[at]gmail.com)
  1.5 SPF_SOFTFAIL           SPF: sender does not match SPF record (softfail)
-1.9 BAYES_00               BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1%
                             [score: 0.0000]
-0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU          Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's
                             domain
-0.1 DKIM_VALID             Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature
  0.1 DKIM_SIGNED            Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid
-0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2      RBL: Average reputation (+2)
                             [98.137.177.242 listed in wl.mailspike.net]
X-Spam-Flag: NO

Testing

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tdenson

March 30, 2016 07:58

A further question related to this - In the cpanel filter rules Actions section, is there a difference between send to email where email is original target (i.e. my domain), and deliver to folder INBOX ? Would the latter circumvent the subsequent forwarding back to the Yahoo address ?

Hello :) You could setup an email filter in cPanel instead of setting up the forwarder with the "Forwarders" option:

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cPanelMichael

March 30, 2016 19:44

In the cpanel filter rules Actions section, is there a difference between send to email where email is original target (i.e. my domain), and deliver to folder INBOX ?

Yes, choosing to deliver to a folder will place those emails in a specific folder within that email account as opposed to forwarding the address.

My conceptual problem with this is that the cpanel filters only apply to incoming mail, not outgoing forwards which is what I'm trying to filter.

You can configure outgoing email filters, however it requires manual intervention. Here's a thread and document that should help: Easiest way to block all outgoing mail to a domain How to Customize the Exim System Filter File - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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Stopping recursive email loop

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