Newbie wants Email Forwarding using a mask. Is it possible?

Hi All,

I originally posted this at my Webhost's forums, but I haven't received any responses yet. I am hoping I can get an answer from a wider audience.

I have been searching far and wide for information on how to use a mask for email forwarding, but I haven't found any posts on this subject. I don't know if it is because I am using incorrect search terminology, because what I want to do is not possible, or people don't really give a *bleep* about this!! In any case, I apologize if this question has already been addressed.

I want to forward messages using masks similar to the following:

I want email sent to: *abc@mydomain.com, *xyz@mydomain.com

forwarded to: abc@mydomain.com, xyz@mydomain.com, respectively.

I have a catchall which sends all unrouted email to mydomain@mydomain.com.

Test1
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After I create my attempt at the mask with an "*" (using cpanel 6), entries in /etc/valiases/mydomain.com look like:

*abc@mydomain.com: abc@mydomain.com
*: mydomain (the catchall)

Results1
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My catchall works as it should, but the attempted mask doesn't do what I think it should and my test emails wind up in the catchall account.

Test2
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I tried to modify the valiases file to remove the "@mydomain.com" to see if that was the issue:

*abc: abc
*: mydomain

Results2
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Same results: *abc@mydomain.com forwards to mydomain@mydomain.com. Newbie wants Email Forwarding using a mask. Is it possible?

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I appreciate any ideas, suggestions and workarounds for masking and forwarding. I know there must be 100 ways to do this, I just need to know one or two. I'm a newbie; I can modify files on the server, but if scripting is required, I'll have to read a manual first.

Thanks in advance,

Jabberwock

 

 

 

 

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