Debugging procmail setup + gmail forwarding

db122

I forward email from my hosted domain to a gmail account, and I'm experimenting with alternatives to the built-in forwarding capabilities of Opalstack, because it is still resulting in a large number of false positive spam messages.

I'm trying to do what I want in a simple procmail script based on Google's recommendations (https://support.google.com/mail/answer/175365?hl=en):

SENDER=`formail -c -x Return-Path`
SENDMAILFLAGS="-oi -f $SENDER"
GMAIL="emailaddress@gmail.com"

:0c
! $GMAIL

Unfortunately, it's not working for me. Email is delivered to the webmail but not forwarded. Is there any way to troubleshoot procmail scripts that are set in the Opalstack admin for a mailbox?

Once this part is working, I'd like to expand this to not forward likely-spam messages, as per Google's recommendations but trying to keep it simple for now.

Thanks!

sean

db122 Is there any way to troubleshoot procmail scripts that are set in the Opalstack admin for a mailbox?

No, sorry. Please email support with the specific details so that we can look into it.

sean

db122 it is still resulting in a large number of false positive spam messages.

Some customers have reported a huge improvement in forwarding delivery after creating SPF and DMARC TXT DNS records for their domains.

For SPF, create a TXT record for your domain as described here: How do I make a SPF record for Opalstack email? | Opalstack Support Center

For DMARC, make another TXT record for your domain with v=DMARC1; p=none as the content.

It may take an hour or more for those changes to take effect but eventually you should see fewer of your forwarded messages going to spam.

db122

Thanks, will do. I do have the SPF and DMARC records.

It seems reasonable to have a bit more control over the forwarding, so I'm interested in pursuing the procmail option.