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 ====== Conditional Email Forwarding and Redirect ====== ====== Conditional Email Forwarding and Redirect ======
  
-AfterOffice webmail allows you to forward emails from an individual email account or a mail group mail to another email address, be it an internal email address, or an external email address, other than free mail address like gmail, yahoo ([[faq:email:why_cant_i_redirect_email_to_free_email_services|why?]]).+AfterOffice webmail allows you to forward emails from an individual email account or a mail group mail to another email address, be it an internal or an external email address, except free mail address like gmail, yahoo ([[faq:email:why_cant_i_redirect_email_to_free_email_services|why?]]).
  
   * [[faq:email:how_to_redirect_email|Redirect emails from individual account]]   * [[faq:email:how_to_redirect_email|Redirect emails from individual account]]
   * [[faq:administrator:how_to_set_mail_redirect|Set up mail redirect for a user (voadmin)]]   * [[faq:administrator:how_to_set_mail_redirect|Set up mail redirect for a user (voadmin)]]
-  * [[faq:email:setup_group_mail_fwd|Auto-forward emails from mail group]]+  * [[faq:administrator:setup_group_mail_fwd|Auto-forward emails from mail group]]
  
 However, in order to maintain good reputation for your email server and domain, we have recently performed an update on the email redirect/forwarding system. An email will only be forwarded to an external domain when: However, in order to maintain good reputation for your email server and domain, we have recently performed an update on the email redirect/forwarding system. An email will only be forwarded to an external domain when:
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 **6. SPF check must pass** **6. SPF check must pass**
  
-In addition, the recipient address (instead of the original sender address) will be used as the "From" address.+In addition, if the destination email address (which is placed in the email redirect or forward settingsis from a different domain than the user account, the user account's email address will be used as the "From" address, instead of the original sender address (who sends a mail to the user).
  
-For example, jane@abc.com is set to redirect mails to peter@xyz.com. When amy@somedomain.com sends an email to jane@abc.com, Peter will receive a copy of that email with the identity of "Amy somedomain.com< jane@abc.com >.+For example, jane@abc.com is set to redirect mails to peter@xyz.com. When amy@somedomain.com sends an email to jane@abc.com, Peter will receive a copy of that email with the identity of 'Amy' < amy@somedomain.com > but with < jane@abc.com > appearing as the sender address.
  
 These conditions and updates are necessary so that the destination email (from an external domain) will not treat the forwarded email as **[[faq:email:what_is_email_spoofing|spoof mails]]**, which would be blacklisted/rejected. If such incident happens, your mail server/domain reputation can be affected, which would result in other recipients rejecting and blocking your emails. These conditions and updates are necessary so that the destination email (from an external domain) will not treat the forwarded email as **[[faq:email:what_is_email_spoofing|spoof mails]]**, which would be blacklisted/rejected. If such incident happens, your mail server/domain reputation can be affected, which would result in other recipients rejecting and blocking your emails.
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