Email filtering in cpanel not working

[ramystyle]

Hello,

I have created a Rule in "Email Filtering" in cPanel as following:
(I have changed the real email addresses to xxx@xx.com and yyy@yy.com for security purposes).

RuleXXYY
RULES:
FROM is EQUAL to xxx@xx.com

ACTION:
Redirect to email yyy@yy.com

When I run the test Filter I get the followin:

The Filter has matched the following condition(s):

$header_from: is xxx@xx.com


Return-path copied from sender
Sender = username@swh1.sellwebhost.com
Recipient = username@swh1.sellwebhost.com
Testing Exim filter file "/home/usename/etc/yy.com/info/filter"

Deliver message to: yyy@yy.com
Filtering set up at least one significant delivery or other action.
No other deliveries will occur.

However, when I check my yyy@yy.com account, I don't get anything !!

I have assp on my server.. Do you have any idea why I am not receiving the email !
I also tried forwarding to a hotmail account and still won't get anything.. as if as the server is not sending the mail...

Thanks

[thewebhosting]

Check the email error logs. If you have an SSH access to the server then you can check the error logs from the below mentioned location:

/var/log/exim_mainlog

[cpanelkenneth]

Hello,

I have created a Rule in "Email Filtering" in cPanel as following:
(I have changed the real email addresses to xxx@xx.com and yyy@yy.com for security purposes).

RuleXXYY
RULES:
FROM is EQUAL to xxx@xx.com

ACTION:
Redirect to email yyy@yy.com

When I run the test Filter I get the followin:



However, when I check my yyy@yy.com account, I don't get anything !!

I have assp on my server.. Do you have any idea why I am not receiving the email !
I also tried forwarding to a hotmail account and still won't get anything.. as if as the server is not sending the mail...

Thanks

So when you send a test email that matches the filter, the mail is not forwarded to your yyy@yy.com account?

[cPanelDavidG]

The "equals" filter is a very exact filter. I recommend using something with a little more leniency, for example: "contains."

[ramystyle]

@cpanelkenneth: That is correct.

@cPanelDavidG: I tried using "contains" but still not working.

I checked my logs and could not find anything...

[cPanelDavidG]

Is this "if From contains XXX forward to YYY" a hypothetical scenario or exactly what you are actually trying to accomplish?

If you want a copy of all mail coming in for xxx to go to yyy, just create an email forwarder for xxx to get forwarded to yyy. Since xxx is an email account, it will still receive the mail despite a copy being forwarded to yyy.

[ramystyle]

@cPanelDavidG: It was hypothetical scenario.. My rule requires to find a specific word in the Subject and if it does, I want it to fwd the mail to a specific email address.. Si a simple mail forward would not work for me (Although the option is functional in cpanel) !

Thanks for your responses and help.. I still haven't solved my problem..

[cpanelkenneth]

@cPanelDavidG: It was hypothetical scenario.. My rule requires to find a specific word in the Subject and if it does, I want it to fwd the mail to a specific email address.. Si a simple mail forward would not work for me (Although the option is functional in cpanel) !

Thanks for your responses and help.. I still haven't solved my problem..

Some basic trouble shooting steps I recommend, if you haven't already done so:

1. scour all mail-related logs

2. strace the exim process, and all children it spawns, during test interaction

3. Shutdown any additional mail related services, one by one, testing the filter after shutting one down.

4. Use the debugging facilities exim provides to narrow down the issue