user filter for children

Piston-Broke

• January 05, 2017 15:14

Hi I am new to the forum but been using cpanel for a few years now I have just created an E mail address for my child and want to filter it so only selected emails (family and friends) get through to her tablet I have tried user level filtering to create the folowing filter From does not contain "dad@domain.com" or From does not contain "mam@domain.com" or From does not contain "grandma@domain.com" or From does not contain "aunty@domain.com" action redirect to dad@domain.com hoping this would send all but the listed emails to me and the listed email addresses to the newly created address, once it was working properly I would change action to discard message This filter sends all emails to my address including the ones listed above, I have tried does not contain and does not match but still just forwards messages to me Any help writing a filter to block all mails except those in the listed would be most helpful I used to have a filter like this working on my previous host but forgot to copy it when I swapped to my new host I am using cpanel version 58 build 37 I have searched this forum and google and read the cpanel docs and all point to this should work unless I am missing something obvious

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 09, 2017 15:02

  Hello @Piston-Broke, Try using "does not match" as the operator in the filter when entering the "from" addresses to see if that helps. Also, check your existing forwarders and filter rules to make sure email isn't already redirected based on an existing forwarder or filter rule. Thank you.

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  Piston-Broke

  • January 09, 2017 21:24

  hi thanks for the advice. This is a new email addesss so no other forwarders and this is the only filter, I've tried does not contain and does not match and get the same result, Ive just tried tonight does not begin and does not end with still forwarding all mails including the ones listed in the filter

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 09, 2017 21:27

  Your access level is listed as "Website Owner". Do you have root access to this system, or is this a hosting account purchased from a provider? If you don't have root access, try contacting your web hosting provider so they can review the Exim logs to see why the filter isn't working as expected. Thanks!

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  Piston-Broke

  • January 09, 2017 21:30

  It is a hosting account, Ill ask them to send the logs and see if I can see why Thanks

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  Piston-Broke

  • January 18, 2017 18:54

  hi thanks for all your help just to let you know my host managed to fix this by deleting filter I created to the following
  if not first_delivery and error_message then finish endif #test - authorized addresses if $header_from: contains "dad@domain.co.uk" or $header_from: contains "mam@domain.com" or $header_from: contains "aunty@domain.com" or $header_from: contains "grandma@domain.com" then deliver "\"$local_part+INBOX\"@$domain" endif #test - unauthorized if $header_from: does not contain "dad@domain.co.uk" or $header_from: does not contain "mam@domain.com" or $header_from: does not contain "aunty@domain.com" or $header_from: does not contain "grandma@domain.com" then if error_message then save "/dev/null" 660 else fail "Email not authorised please contact dad@domain.co.uk to seek authorisation" endif endif
  

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 18, 2017 19:23

  Hello, I'm happy to see the issue is now resolved. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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