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Email message is forwarded without mail forwarding enabled in Plesk

Plesk for Linux kb: technical mail roundcube

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

  • Email messages are forwarded to another mailbox, even though forwarding is disabled in Domains > example.com > Mail > Mail Addresses > jdoe@example.com > Forwarding tab

  • The following message show up in /var/log/maillog when the email is forwarded:

    sieve: msgid=0cfb26521d4791eaf97b835b91b152ec@domain.tld: redirect action: forwarded to jdoe@example.com

  • Redirect rule is configured in /var/qmail/mailnames/example.com/jdoe/.dovecot.sieve and /var/qmail/mailnames/example.com/jdoe/sieve/roundcube.sieve

Cause

There's a forwarding rule configured at the webmail level.

Resolution

  1. Log in to the domain's webmail at https://webmail.example.com

  2. Go to Settings > Filters

  3. Find the filter responsible for the forwarding. For example:

  4. Remove or disable the filter

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