MailScanner Digest, Vol 37, Issue 20

[Paul Welsh]

> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:08:43 -0600
> From: Cannon Watts <cwatts at elsberry.k12.mo.us>
> Subject: Re: Redirecting spam
> 
> > I note that 
> > 
> > Spam Actions = forward 
> > 
> > forwards a *copy* of the message to another address.  What 
> I wish to do is
> > to redirect the message to another address where it can be evaluated
> > manually and forwarded on if not spam.
> > 
> 
> Unless I'm misunderstanding your question (which is entirely possible)
> forward does exactly what you want.  It doesn't forward the 
> message in the
> same sense as you would forward an email using your mail 
> client.  If you
> specify 'Spam Actions = forward spamfolder at yourdomain.com' in 
> the config file, 
> those messages flagged as spam will be delivered to 
> spamfolder at yourdomain.com 
> instead of the intended recipient.

Thanks for the clarification, Cannon.  That's what I thought the forward
config command did.  I just got a bit confused when the explanation says it
forwards a *copy*.