Bug creating email filter

Walt Zw

• February 17, 2024 16:26

I'm creating an account-specific email filter that trashes emails that match:

- From me AND

- To me AND

- Subject does not equal a specific string

When I test the filter, the Filter Test feature says the email will be sent to "myaccount+Trash@myHostingProvider.com".  It should say the email will go to the specific account's Trash folder which it actually does when I send a real test email.

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  rbairwell

  • February 17, 2024 20:58

  This is an example of sub-addressing (aka plus addressing) which is used in Exim's "localuser" configuration to route emails to specific mail boxes. You can read cPanel's documentation on this feature on their support site, but this isn't technically a bug. It is/will be sending the email to the user's Trash folder, but it is doing so using sub-addressing (and any emails sent to myaccount+Trash@ will automatically be placed in the Trash folder).

  The interface could perhaps clarify that it will be sent to myaccount's "Trash folder" instead, but the output of the Filter Test feature is technically correct.

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